Abstract
The Belgian court sought the ruling in proceedings by the local environmental groups Terre Wallonne and Inter-Environnement Wallonie who claimed that the Walloon Government was in breach of Directive 2001 /42/EC by not requiring a SEA for the management of nitrogen in agriculture. The ECJ answered only the first question directly, holding that in light of its answer to that question it was not necessary to consider the others. The case 'Afton Chemical Limited v Secretary of State for Transport' was a reference for a preliminary ruling concerning the validity of Article 1(8) of Directive 2009/30/EC amending Directive 98/70/EC as regards the specification of petrol, diesel and gas-oil and introducing a mechanism to monitor and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and amending Directive 1999/32/EC concerning the specification of fuel used by inland waterway vessels and repealing Directive 93/ 12/EEC ([2009] OJ L140/88) (the Directive).
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 76-81 |
| Number of pages | 0 |
| Journal | Environmental Law and Management |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2010 |
