CJEU Case C-329/13 / Order

Ferdinand Stefan v Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Unabhängiger Verwaltungssenat Wien
Policy area
Justice, freedom and security
Deciding body type
Court of Justice of the European Union
Deciding body
Court (Ninth Chamber)
Type
Decision
Decision date
08/05/2014
ECLI (European case law identifier)
ECLI:EU:C:2014:815
  • CJEU Case C-329/13 / Order

    Key facts of the case:

    Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure — Directive 2003/4/EC — Validity — Public access to environmental information — Exception to the obligation to disclose environmental information where the disclosure compromises the ability of any person to receive a fair trial — Optional nature of that exception for Member States — Article 6 TEU — Second paragraph of Article 47 of the Charter’

    Outcome of the case:

    On those grounds, the Court (Ninth Chamber) hereby rules:

    Consideration of the questions raised has disclosed no factor of such a kind as to affect the validity of 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.