Chapters

• The Aarhus Convention: its status in the EU legal system
• Outline of presentation
• I- Effective judicial protection of rights conferred by EU law
• II - Status of the Aarhus Convention in the EU legal order
• II- Status of the Aarhus Convention in the EU legal order - The judgment of the EUCJ (Grand Chamber) of 8 March 2011- case C-240/09*
• II – (1) Status of the Aarhus Convention in the EU legal order - The judgment of the EUCJ (Grand Chamber) of 8 March 2011- case C-240/09
• III- Direct effect of a provision in an agreement concluded by the EU and a non-member country
• III- (1) Direct effect of a provision in an agreement concluded by the EU and a non-member country: the Aarhus Convention
• Commission Notice on Access to Justice in Environmental Matters, 2017/C 275/01
• Outline of presentation
• I - (1) Why an initiative on access to justice specifically for environmental matters in 2017?
• I - (2) Why a Notice and what is the Notice?
• I- (3) The Commission’s Approach to drafting Notice
• II - (1) Decisions, acts and omissions at the national level
• II – (2) Decisions, acts and omissions at the national level: what can go wrong?
• II – (3) Role of national courts in environmental litigation
• III – (1) Access to justice in environmental matters: notion
• Commission notice n access to justice in environemntal matters (2017/C 275/01)
• III – (2) Dual approach: rights of the public and obligations on Member States – Notice Section C1
• IV - Legal Standing: a key issue to bring a legal challenge - Notice, Section C2
• IV- (2) Legal standing in the Aarhus Convention
• IV – (3) Legal standing - Article 9(2) of the Aarhus Convention
• IV – (4) Legal standing: C-243/15 - LZ II Effects of the judgment
• IV - (5) Legal standing: Article 9(3) of the Aarhus Convention
• IV - (6) Legal standing - Article 288 TFEU – risks for human health
• IV – (7) Legal standing- new CJEU cases
• V - (1) Scope of review Notice, Section C.3
• V - (2) Scope of review: possible grounds of judicial review
• V - (3) Scope of review: possible arguments in judicial review
• V - (4) Scope of review: intensity of scrutiny
• V - (5) Scope of review: intensity of scrutiny
• V - (6) Scope of review: intensity of scrutiny
• VI - Effective remedies - overview Notice, Section C.4
• VII - (2) Costs: assessment criteria
• VII – (3) Costs: cost allocation regimes
• VII– (4) Costs: Legal aid
• VIII - Concerns linked to the Notice: Notice itself
• IX - EU-level support: funding relevant to access to justice in environmental matters