Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts High Court of Ireland (Irlanda)

Date: 07/23/2019

Subject: The decision of the High Court, also recalling the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice, has temporarily suspended the application, pending the merits proceeding, of Ministerial Regulations Planning and Development (Exempted Development) Regulations 2019 – on the activity of extraction of peat – because it could be in contrast with the EU Directive on the environmental assessment and with “Habitats Directive”, as well as with State obligations deriving from European legislation

Parties: Friends of the Irish Environment Limited v. Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Minister For Housing, Planning and Local Government, Ireland and the Attorney General

Original language: Irish

Classification: Solidarity - Art. 37 Environmental protection

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