Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts Constitutional Court (Belgio)

Date: 06/22/2017

Subject: The decision of the Cour constitutionelle requested a preliminary ruling from the Court of Justice regarding the interpretation of the Espoo and Århus conventions and of Directives 2011/92/EU and 92/43/EEC, concerning the appeal against article 2 of the Law of 28 June 2015, modifying the law of 31 January 2003 “sur la sortie progressive de l’énergie nucléaire à des fins de production industrielle d’électricité afin de garantir la sécurité d’approvisionnement sur le plan énergétique”, as concerns the 10-year extension on the de-activation and termination of industrial electricity production for the “Doel 1” and “Doel 2” nuclear power plants

Parties: ASBL «Inter-Environnement Wallonie» et ASBL «Bond Beter Leefmilieu Vlaanderen»

Original language: Belgian

Classification: Solidarity - Art. 37 Environmental protection - Citizens’ rights - Art. 41 Right to good administration by the bodies of the union

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