Lesoochranárske zoskupenie VLK v Ministerstvo životného prostredia Slovenskej republiky

Subject Matter

EUROPEAN UNION — International treaties — Access to justice in environmental matters — European Community and member states concluding international treaty on access to justice in environmental matters on basis of joint competence — European Union subsequently adopting legislation concerning access to administrative and judicial procedures involving challenges to decisions of European Union institutions in environmental matters — Member states retaining responsibility for implementing treaty obligations in respect of national administrative or judicial proceedings — Whether Court of Justice having jurisdiction to rule on whether international treaty provision having direct effect — Whether international treaty provision on public access to administrative or judicial procedures in environmental matters having direct effect — Council Decision 2005/370/EC — Council Directive 92/43/EEC, arts 12(1), 16(1) — Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters (1998), art 9(3)

(Case C-240/09); [2012] QB 606; [2012] 3 WLR 278; [2012] PTSR 822