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Deutsche Umwelthilfe eV v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (C-515/11)
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Deutsche Umwelthilfe eV v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (C-515/11)

Judgment of 18 Jul 2013law://eu/cjeu/2011/c-515-11/para_32@2026-11-10

32That interpretation is supported by the wording and the scheme of the Aarhus Convention, in the light of which Directive 2003/4 must be interpreted (see, by analogy, Case C-115/09 Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland, Landesverband Nordrhein-Westfalen [2011] ECR I-3673, paragraph 41).

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

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Court: Court of Justice · Second Chamber
Case: C-515/11 · ECLI:EU:C:2013:523
Decided: 18 Jul 2013
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Verwaltungsgericht Berlin (Germany)
Applicant: Deutsche Umwelthilfe eV
Defendant: Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Rapporteur: J.-C. Bonichot
Advocate General: E. Sharpston
Bench: 5 judges
R. Silva de Lapuerta, G. Arestis, J.-C. Bonichot, A. Arabadjiev, J. L. da Cruz Vilaça
Language: German
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62011CJ0515

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Interprets 1: Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information and repealing Council Directive 90/313/EEC
Cited by 2: ClientEarth v European Investment Bank (T-9/19)2 provisions; Sindicatul Familia Constanţa and Others v Direcţia Generală de Asistenţă Socială şi Protecţia Copilului Constanţa (C-147/17)
Cites 4: Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information and repealing Council Directive 90/313/EEC; Flachglas Torgau GmbH v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (C-204/09); 2005/370/EC: Council Decision of 17 February 2005 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters; Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland, Landesverband Nordrhein-Westfalen eV v Bezirksregierung Arnsberg (C-115/09)