Judgment_paragraph 32 · Lies Craeynest and Others v Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest and Brussels Instituut voor Milieubeheer (C-723/17)

32In addition, the Court has noted on numerous occasions that it is incompatible with the binding effect that Article 288 TFEU ascribes to the directive to exclude, in principle, the possibility of the obligation imposed by that directive being relied on by the persons concerned. That consideration applies particularly in respect of a directive whose objective is to control and reduce atmospheric pollution and which is designed, therefore, to protect public health (judgments of 25 July 2008, Janecek, C‑237/07, EU:C:2008:447, paragraph 37, and of 19 November 2014, ClientEarth, C‑404/13, EU:C:2014:2382, paragraph 55).