A threefold blow to environmental public interest litigation: the urgent need to reform the Aarhus Regulation

Leonelli, Giulia Claudia ORCID: 0000-0001-9567-3280 (2020) A threefold blow to environmental public interest litigation: the urgent need to reform the Aarhus Regulation. European Law Review, 45 (3). 324 - 347. ISSN 0307-5400

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Abstract

This article investigates the excessive restrictions that impede NGOs (Non-Governmental Organisations) and other stakeholders from directly accessing the Court of Justice of the European Union ( CJEU) in environmental public interest cases, arguing that reform of the Aarhus Regulation is well overdue. The article uses three recent cases decided by the General Court to illustrate the extent to which public interest challenges to EU environmental acts are fraught with difficulties. Against this backdrop, it argues that the CJEU has so far relied too heavily on the "complete system of legal remedies and procedures" established by the Treaties, and paid too little attention to the specificities of environmental public interest litigation. The article thus advocates reforming the Aarhus Regulation to extend its scope of application so as to encompass regulatory acts of general application, regardless of whether they entail further implementation.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://uk.westlaw.com/WestlawUk/Journals/Publicat...
Additional Information:	© 2020 Thomson Reuters
Divisions:	Law
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General)
Date Deposited:	02 Oct 2023 08:51
Last Modified:	01 Apr 2024 08:39
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/120333

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