The Law Reports (Queen's Bench Division)
[2014] QB 521
Court of Justice of the European Union
Fish Legal and another v Information Commissioner and others
(Case C-279/12)
2013 April 16;
Sept 5;
Dec 19
President V Skouris, Vice-President K Lenaerts, Presidents of Chambers M Ilešič, L Bay Larsen, T von Danwitz, E Juhász, A Borg Barthet, JL da Cruz Vilaça, Judges A Rosas, G Arestis, A Arabadjiev, C Toader, A Prechal, E Jarašiūnas, C Vajda Advocate General P Cruz Villalón
European Union— Information— Public access to environmental information— Applicants’ requests for environmental information from private water companies refused— Water companies supervised by public authorities— Whether companies themselves constituting “public authorities”— Whether performing “public administrative functions”— Whether providing public environmental services under control of other public authorities— Extent of disclosure obligations of different categories of public authority—
Environmental Information Regulations 2004
(SI 2004/3391), reg 2(2)
—
Parliament and Council Directive 2003/4/EC, art 2(2)