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North East Pylon Pressure Campaign Limited and Maura Sheehy v An Bord Pleanála and Others (C-470/16)
Consideration of the questions referred
The fourth and fifth questions
53

North East Pylon Pressure Campaign Limited and Maura Sheehy v An Bord Pleanála and Others (C-470/16)

Judgment of 15 Mar 2018law://eu/cjeu/2016/c-470-16/para_53@2026-11-10

53However, it must be noted that those provisions, although they do not have direct effect, are intended to ensure effective environmental protection.

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

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Court: Court of Justice · First Chamber
Case: C-470/16 · ECLI:EU:C:2018:185
Decided: 15 Mar 2018
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the High Court (Ireland)
Applicants: North East Pylon Pressure Campaign Ltd; Maura Sheehy
Defendants: An Bord Pleanála; The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources and 4 more
Ireland; The Attorney General; notice party:; EirGrid plc
Rapporteur: J.-C. Bonichot
Advocate General: M. Bobek
Bench: 5 judges
R. Silva de Lapuerta, C.G. Fernlund, J.-C. Bonichot, A. Arabadjiev, E. Regan
Language: English
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62016CJ0470

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Interprets 1: 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
Cited by 6: Deutsche Umwelthilfe eV v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (C-873/19); Alain Flausch and Others v Ypourgos Perivallontos kai Energeias and Others (C-280/18); Societatea Civilă Profesională de Avocaţi AB & CD v Consiliul Judeţean Suceava and Others (C-252/22)2 provisions; Antony C. Tweedale v European Food Safety Authority (T-716/14); Heidi Hautala and Others v European Food Safety Authority (T-329/17); Volkmar Klohn v An Bord Pleanála (C-167/17)
Cites 8: Impact v Minister for Agriculture and Food and Others (C-268/06); Ordre des barreaux francophones et germanophone and Others v Conseil des ministres (C-543/14); Lesoochranárske zoskupenie VLK v Ministerstvo životného prostredia Slovenskej republiky (C-240/09); 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; Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2013 on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure and repealing Decision No 1364/2006/EC and amending Regulations (EC) No 713/2009, (EC) No 714/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 Text with EEA relevance; 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; The Queen, on the application of David Edwards and Lilian Pallikaropoulos v Environment Agency and Others (C-260/11); Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora