Judgment_paragraph 30 · Inter-Environnement Bruxelles ASBL and Others v Région de Bruxelles-Capitale (C-567/10)

30Consequently, such an interpretation of Article 2(a) of Directive 2001/42, by appreciably restricting the directive’s scope, would compromise, in part, the practical effect of the directive, having regard to its objective, which consists in providing for a high level of protection of the environment (see, to this effect, Case C-295/10 Valčiukienė and Others [2011] ECR I-8819, paragraph 42). That interpretation would thus run counter to the directive’s aim of establishing a procedure for scrutinising measures likely to have significant effects on the environment, which define the criteria and the detailed rules for the development of land and normally concern a multiplicity of projects whose implementation is subject to compliance with the rules and procedures provided for by those measures.

Inter-Environnement Bruxelles ASBL and Others v Région de Bruxelles-Capitale (C-567/10)

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