Directive 2003/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 providing for public participation in respect of the drawing up of certain plans and programmes relating to the environment and amending with regard to public participation and access to justice Council Directives 85/337/EEC and 96/61/EC - Statement by the Commission
- In force
- CELEX number: 32003L0035
- Official Journal: JOL_2003_156_R_0017_01
- Form: Directive
- Procedure number: 2000/0331(COD), 2000/0331/COD
- Languages:
- bg
- cs
- da
- de
- el
- en
- et
- fi
- fr
- hr
- hu
- it
- lv
- lt
- mt
- nl
- pl
- pt
- ro
- sk
- sl
- es
- sv
Dates
Date of document: - May 26, 2003
- June 25, 2003
- June 25, 2003
- Entry into force - Date pub. See Art 7
- June 25, 2005
- At the latest See Art 6
Modified by
Modified by:
- Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (codification) Text with EEA relevance - detail
- Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 on the reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants, amending Directive 2003/35/EC and repealing Directive 2001/81/EC (Text with EEA relevance ) - detail
- Directive 2008/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (Codified version) (Text with EEA relevance ) - detail
Modifies
Modifies:
- Council Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment
- Commission Directive 96/60/EC of 19 September 1996 implementing Council Directive 92/75/EEC with regard to energy labelling of household combined washer-driers
- Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control
Affected by case
- Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber), 7 November 2013. Gemeinde Altrip and Others v Land Rheinland-Pfalz. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Directive 85/337/EEC — Environmental impact assessment — Århus Convention — Directive 2003/35/EC — Right to challenge a development consent decision — Temporal application — Development consent procedure initiated before the period prescribed for transposing Directive 2003/35/EC expired — Decision taken after that date — Conditions of admissibility of the action — Impairment of a right — Nature of the procedural defect that may be invoked — Scope of the review. Case C‑72/12.
- Case C-167/17: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court (Ireland) made on 3 April 2017 — Volkmar Klohn v An Bord Pleanála
- article 3 point 7 article 10a
Legal basis
- Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version) Part Five: Institutions of the Community Title I: Provisions governing the institutions Chapter 2: Provisions common to several institutions Article 251 Article 189b - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)
- Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version) Part Three: Community policies Title XIX: Environment Article 175 Article 130s - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)
EuroVoc Vocabulary
- Action programme
- Transparency in decision-making
- Social participation
- Environment
- Environmental protection
- Pollution and nuisances
- Approximation of laws
- Development plan
- Access to EU information
- Access to the courts
- General provisions and programmes