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The Queen, on the application of David Edwards and Lilian Pallikaropoulos v Environment Agency and Others (C-260/11)
Judgment
Consideration of the questions referred
The notion of not prohibitively expens…
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The Queen, on the application of David Edwards and Lilian Pallikaropoulos v Environment Agency and Others (C-260/11)

Judgment of 11 Apr 2013law://eu/cjeu/2011/c-260-11/para_31@2026-11-10

31As is expressly stated in the third paragraph of Article 10a of Directive 85/337 and the third paragraph of Article 15a of Directive 96/61, the objective of the European Union legislature is to give the public concerned ‘wide access to justice’.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

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Court: Court of Justice · Fourth Chamber
Case: C-260/11 · ECLI:EU:C:2013:221
Decided: 11 Apr 2013
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (United Kingdom)
Applicants: The Queen; David Edwards; Lilian Pallikaropoulos
Defendants: Environment Agency; First Secretary of State; Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Rapporteur: J.-C. Bonichot
Advocate General: J. Kokott
Bench: 5 judges
L. Bay Larsen, J.-C. Bonichot, C. Toader, A. Prechal, E. Jarašiūnas
Language: English
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62011CJ0260

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Approximation of laws Environment

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Interprets 2: Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control; Council Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment
Cited by 9: Alain Flausch and Others v Ypourgos Perivallontos kai Energeias and Others (C-280/18)2 provisions; Societatea Civilă Profesională de Avocaţi AB & CD v Consiliul Judeţean Suceava and Others (C-252/22); ClientEarth v European Investment Bank (T-9/19)2 provisions; Volkmar Klohn v An Bord Pleanála (C-167/17)2 provisions; North East Pylon Pressure Campaign Limited and Maura Sheehy v An Bord Pleanála and Others (C-470/16); TestBioTech eV and Others v European Commission (T-177/13); Marktgemeinde Straßwalchen and Others v Bundesminister für Wirtschaft, Familie und Jugend (C-531/13); European Commission v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (C-530/11)2 provisions; Pensionsversicherungsanstalt v Peter Brey (C-140/12)2 provisions
Cites 10: Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Flachglas Torgau GmbH v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (C-204/09); Commission of the European Communities v Ireland (C-427/07); Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control; Council Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment; Directive 2008/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (Codified version) (Text with EEA relevance ); DEB Deutsche Energiehandels- und Beratungsgesellschaft mbH v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (C-279/09); Directive 2003/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 providing for public participation in respect of the drawing up of certain plans and programmes relating to the environment and amending with regard to public participation and access to justice Council Directives 85/337/EEC and 96/61/EC - Statement by the Commission; Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (codification) Text with EEA relevance; Lesoochranárske zoskupenie VLK v Ministerstvo životného prostredia Slovenskej republiky (C-240/09)