Europe – On a preliminary question referred by the Council of State of Belgium, the Court of Justice of the European Union, by judgment of 8 May 2025 (C/236-24), held that, Article 9a of Directive 2011/92/EU of 13 December 2011 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment, as amended by Directive 2014/52/EU of 16 April 2014, must be interpreted as meaning that where the authority competent to determine whether a project referred to in Article 4(2) of Directive 2011/92, as amended, must be subject to an environmental impact assessment, in accordance with Articles 5 to 10 of Directive 2011/92, as amended, is also the developer of the project concerned, an appropriate separation between the conflicting functions in the performance of that task must at least be applied
HAVET & VANHUFFEL – Association d’avocats On a preliminary question referred by the Council of State of Belgium, the Court of Justice of the European Union, by judgment of 8 May 2025 (C/236-24), held that, Article 9a of Directive 2011/92/EU of 13...
Europe – Par arrêt du 3 mars 2025 (Monseur c/ Belgique), la Cour européenne des droits de l’Homme condamne la Belgique pour ne pas avoir pris dans un délai raisonnable les mesures nécessaires pour rétablir la légalité après un arrêt du Conseil d’Etat annulant un permis d’urbanisme et ne pas avoir assurer le respect des règles d’urbanisme qui visent à garantir le bon aménagement du territoire (violation de l’article 6, § 1er de la Convention européenne des droits de l’Homme)
HAVET & VANHUFFEL – Association d’avocats La Cour européenne des droits de l’Homme a considéré dans un arrêt du 3 mars 2025 (Monseur c/ Belgique) que l’article 6, paragraphe 1er, de la Convention européenne des droits de l’homme implique que lorsqu’un...
Europe – Provisional agreement between the European Parliament and the Council on the Soil Monitoring Directive on Thursday, 10 March 2025
HAVET & VANHUFFEL – Association d’avocats On Thursday, 10 March 2025, the European Parliament and the Council provisionally agreed on the draft directive on soil monitoring. The Directive provides that EU countries will monitor and assess the...
Europe – On Thursday, April 3, 2025, the European Parliament will vote to postpone the application dates of the due diligence directives and the publication of sustainability information
HAVET & VANHUFFEL – Association d’avocats On Thursday, April 3, 2025, the European Parliament will vote to postpone the application dates of the due diligence directives and the publication of sustainability information. Member States will have an...