39As regards the aims pursued by Directive 2003/4, Article 1 states in particular that it seeks to guarantee the right of access to environmental information held by public authorities and that, as a matter of course, environmental information is progressively made available and disseminated to the public.
Preliminary reference · referred by the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Germany)
Applicant
Flachglas Torgau GmbH
Defendant
Federal Republic of Germany
Rapporteur
J.-C. Bonichot
Advocate General
E. Sharpston
Bench
13 judgesV. Skouris, A. Tizzano, J. N. Cunha Rodrigues, K. Lenaerts, J.-C. Bonichot, J. Malenovský, U. Lõhmus, A. Rosas, M. Ilešič, E. Levits, A. Ó Caoimh, L. Bay Larsen, M. Berger