Europe – Portugal – By judgment of 5 March 2026 (Case C-613/24, Commission v Portugal), the Court of Justice of the European Union ordered Portugal to pay the European Commission a lump sum of €10,000,000 for failing to designate with sufficient precision the Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) relating to protected habitats and species on its territory (infringement of Article 4(4) of Directive 92/43/EEC, the “Habitats Directive”) and for failing to adopt appropriate conservation measures for the sites concerned (infringement of Article 6(1) of that directive), despite having been required to do so by the Court’s judgment of 5 September 2019. The Court also ordered Portugal to pay a daily penalty payment of €41,250 from that date until full compliance with the judgment of 5 September 2019 (Case C-290/18 – Commission v Portugal)
HAVET & VANHUFFEL – Association d’avocats Europe – Portugal – By judgment of 5 March 2026 (Case C-613/24, Commission v Portugal), the Court of Justice of the European Union ordered Portugal to pay the European Commission a lump sum of...
Europe – By judgment of 3 March 2026 (case 4711/20 – Tishkina v. Bulgaria), the European Court of Human Rights ordered Bulgaria to pay several sums for failing to take measures to protect an individual’s property from the consequences of illegal activities carried out by private individuals near her home
HAVET & VANHUFFEL – Association d’avocats By judgment of 3 March 2026 (case 4711/20 – Tishkina v. Bulgaria), the European Court of Human Rights condemned Bulgaria to pay several sums for failing to take measures to protect an individual’s property from...
Belgique – Région wallonne – Le Conseil d’Etat rejette, par arrêt du 2 mars 2026 (n°265.859) le recours en annulation introduit par l’ASBL Wallonie Picarde, la ville de Tournai et la ville de Mouscron contre l’arrêté du Gouvernement wallon adoptant le schéma de développement du territoire ainsi que contre le schéma de développement du territoire
HAVET & VANHUFFEL – Association d’avocats Le 1er août 2025 est entré en vigueur le schéma de développement du territoire (SDT), instrument d’aménagement du territoire déterminant la politique d’aménagement du territoire sur l’ensemble du territoire...