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Associazione Italia Nostra Onlus v Comune di Venezia and Others (C-444/15)
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Associazione Italia Nostra Onlus v Comune di Venezia and Others (C-444/15)

Judgment of 21 Dec 2016law://eu/cjeu/2015/c-444-15/para_41@2026-11-11

41It must be stated as a preliminary point that Directive 2001/42 is founded on Article 175(1) EC, concerning environmental actions to be taken by the European Union in order to achieve the objectives of Article 174 EC.

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

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Court: Court of Justice · Third Chamber
Case: C-444/15 · ECLI:EU:C:2016:978
Decided: 21 Dec 2016
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Tribunale amministrativo regionale per il Veneto (Regional Administrative Court for Veneto, Italy)
Upheld as valid: Directive 2001/42
Applicant: Associazione Italia Nostra Onlus
Defendants: Comune di Venezia; Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali and 4 more
Regione Veneto; Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti; Ministero della Difesa — Capitaneria di Porto di Venezia; Agenzia del Demanio
Rapporteur: M. Safjan
Advocate General: J. Kokott
Bench: 5 judges
L. Bay Larsen, M. Vilaras, J. Malenovský, M. Safjan, D. Šváby
Language: Italian
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62015CJ0444

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Interprets 1: Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment
Cited by 10: A and Others v Gewestelijke stedenbouwkundige ambtenaar van het departement Ruimte Vlaanderen, afdeling Oost-Vlaanderen (C-24/19)2 provisions; Associação Sindical dos Juízes Portugueses v Tribunal de Contas (C-64/16); Taminco BVBA and Arysta LifeScience Great Britain Ltd v European Commission (T-740/18); AMVAC Netherlands BV v European Commission (T-317/19); Criminal proceedings against Mathieu Blaise and Others (C-616/17); Republic of Poland v European Parliament and Council of the European Union (C-128/17); Ville de Paris, Ville de Bruxelles and Ayuntamiento de Madrid v European Commission (T-339/16, T-352/16, T-391/16); Inter-Environnement Bruxelles ASBL and Others v Région de Bruxelles-Capitale (C-671/16); Raoul Thybaut and Others v Région wallonne (C-160/17); E.ON Biofor Sverige AB v Statens energimyndighet (C-549/15)
Cites 15: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)3 provisions; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; Ekro BV Vee- en Vleeshandel v Produktschap voor Vee en Vlees (327/82); PreussenElektra AG v Schhleswag AG, in the presence of Windpark Reußenköge III GmbH and Land Schleswig-Holstein (C-379/98); Edyta Mikołajczyk v Marie Louise Czarnecka and Stefan Czarnecki (C-294/15); Inter-Environnement Wallonie ASBL and Terre wallonne ASBL v Région wallonne (C-41/11); Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment; Safety Hi-Tech Srl v S. & T. Srl (C-284/95); Gianni Bettati v Safety Hi-Tech Srl (C-341/95); Commission of the European Communities v Ireland (C-392/96); Peter Radgen and Lilian Radgen v Finanzamt Ettlingen (C-478/15); Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain (C-332/04); Genovaitė Valčiukienė and Others v Pakruojo rajono savivaldybė and Others (C-295/10); Hellenic Republic v Commission of the European Communities (C-86/03); Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora