R v Secretary of State for the Environment, Ex parte Standley (National Farmers’ Union, Inteverner)

Subject Matter

PUBLIC HEALTH — Pollution, control of — Agriculture — Areas of land draining into waters polluted by nitrates from agricultural sources — Designation as vulnerable zones — Whether designation required under Community Directive if agriculture substantial rather than sole source of pollution — Whether Directive invalid — EC Treaty, art 130r(2) — Council Directive (91/676/EEC), arts 2(j), 3(1), Annex I, para A(1)

[1999] QB 1279; [1999] 3 WLR 744