Chapters

• Role of a judge/prosecutor when enforcing EU instruments for species protection / focus on access to justice
• Foreword
• List of Topics
• Role of the National Judge
• The National Judge is (almost always the one and only) Judge of the European Union!
• EU Judicial Order
• EU Judicial Order / Reflected in Article 174 TFEU
• EU Judicial Order / Cornerstone in Article 267 TFEU
• The dark and the bright side of the legal pyramid
• Access to Justice
• Aarhus Convention (AC)
• The „Spirit of Aarhus“ (Preamble, para. 8)
• A case may help to put abstract legal things “down to earth”
• Case Scenario
• Let‘s start with the obvious …
• Let‘s first have a look at Art. 9 (3) AC …
• A first reading of Art. 9 (3) AC
• A second reading of Art. 9 (3) AC from the view of a Member State not fully embracing the spirit of Aarhus …
• Why? The European fear and the German „Angst“ of a quasi actio popularis …
• The comoran ist still waiting for the outcome of the its case …
• C-243/15 „Slovak Brown Bear II“
• Does the public participation provision (Art. 6 AC) apply?
• Conclusions
• Applying the (Habitats-) Directive
• Applying the (Habitats-) Directive (1/2)
• Applying the (Habitats-) Directive (2/2)
• World of Statistics: Transposition deficit of MS (all directives)
• Applying the Habitats Directive
• The Application of the Habitats Directive