Judgment_paragraph 37 · Genovaitė Valčiukienė and Others v Pakruojo rajono savivaldybė and Others (C-295/10)

37As is clear from Article 1 of Directive 2001/42, the fundamental objective of that directive is to ensure that plans and programmes which are likely to have significant effects on the environment are subject to an environmental assessment when they are prepared and prior to their adoption.