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 Basic information Dates Date of document: Date of publication: Date of effect: February 17, 2012 Entry into force - Date pub. +20 See Art 15 Date of transposition: Modified by Modified by: Modifies Modifies: Repeal: Affected by case Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 7 November 2019. Alain Flausch and Others v Ypourgos Perivallontos kai Energeias and Others. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Symvoulio tis Epikrateias. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Assessment of the effects of certain projects on the environment — Public participation in decision-making and access to justice — Date from which the time for bringing proceedings starts to run. Case C-280/18. Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 25 May 2023. WertInvest Hotelbetriebs GmbH v Magistrat der Stadt Wien. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wien. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Directive 2011/92/EU – Assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment – Article 2(1) and Article 4(2) – Projects covered by Annex II – Urban development projects – Examination on the basis of thresholds or criteria – Article 4(3) – Relevant selection criteria set in Annex III – Article 11 – Access to justice. Case C-575/21. A11 A01P2LC A04P2LB A04P2LA N2PT10LB A02P1 A01P2LE N3 A04P3 Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 16 April 2015. Karoline Gruber v Unabhängiger Verwaltungssenat für Kärnten and Others. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Directive 2011/92/EU — Assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment — Construction of a retail park — Binding effect of an administrative decision not to carry out an environmental impact assessment — No public participation. Case C-570/13. Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 28 February 2023. J.O. v Kreis Gütersloh. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Minden. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Environment – Assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment – Directive 2011/92/EU – Obligation to carry out an environmental impact assessment or a case-by-case examination – Cumulative effects of projects – Construction of a building for the rearing of broilers adjacent to similar buildings. Case C-596/22. A04P3 N3PT3LG A02P1 N3PT1LB N1PT17LA A04P2LA Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 7 August 2018. Gerhard Prenninger and Others v Oberösterreichische Landesregierung and Netz Oberösterreich GmbH. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Directive 2011/92/EU — Assessment of the effects of certain projects on the environment — Annex II — Point 1(d) — Concept of ‘deforestation for the purposes of conversion to another type of land use’ — Clearance of a path in a forest in connection with the construction and operation of an overhead electrical power line. Case C-329/17. Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 29 July 2019. Inter-Environnement Wallonie ASBL and Bond Beter Leefmilieu Vlaanderen ASBL v Conseil des ministres. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour constitutionnelle. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Espoo Convention — Aarhus Convention — Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora — Directive 92/43/EEC — Article 6(3) — Definition of ‘project’ — Assessment of the effects on the site concerned — Article 6(4) — Meaning of ‘imperative reasons of overriding public interest’ — Conservation of wild birds — Directive 2009/147/EC — Assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment — Directive 2011/92/EU — Article 1(2)(a) — Definition of ‘project’ — Article 2(1) — Article 4(1) — Environmental impact assessment — Article 2(4) — Exemption from assessment — Phasing out of nuclear energy — National legislation providing, first, for restarting industrial production of electricity for a period of almost 10 years at a nuclear power station that had previously been shut down, with the effect of deferring by 10 years the date initially set by the national legislature for deactivating and ceasing production at that power station, and second, for deferral, also by 10 years, of the date initially set by the legislature for deactivating and ceasing industrial production of electricity at an active power station — No environmental impact assessment. Case C-411/17. A01P4 A02P4L2LA A02P4L2LC A02P4 A04P1 A01P2LAT1 A02P4L2LB A02P1 A07 Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 March 2018. North East Pylon Pressure Campaign Limited and Maura Sheehy v An Bord Pleanála and Others. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Assessment of the effects of certain projects on the environment — Directive 2011/92/EU — Right of members of the public concerned to a review procedure — Premature challenge — Concepts of a not prohibitively expensive procedure and of decisions, acts or omissions subject to the public participation provisions of the directive — Applicability of the Aarhus Convention. Case C-470/16. Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 15 June 2023. Eco Advocacy CLG v An Bord Pleanala. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Directive 92/43/EEC – Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora – Special areas of conservation – Article 6(3) – Screening of a plan or project with a view to determining whether or not it is necessary to carry out an appropriate assessment of the implications of that plan or project for a special area of conservation – Statement of reasons – Measures that may be taken into account – Project for the construction of a dwelling – Procedural autonomy – Principles of equivalence and effectiveness – Procedural rules according to which the subject matter of the dispute is determined by the pleas in law put forward at the point in time at which the action was brought. Case C-721/21. A04P3 A04P5 A04P2 A04P4 N3 Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 28 May 2020. IL and Others v Land Nordrhein-Westfalen. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Aarhus Convention – Directive 2011/92/EU – Assessment of the effects of certain projects on the environment – Public participation in the decision-making process – Irregularities vitiating the procedure for approval of a project – Access to justice – Limitations laid down by national law – Directive 2000/60/EC – EU action in the field of water policy – Deterioration of a body of groundwater – Arrangements for assessment – Right of individuals to take measures in order to prevent pollution – Standing to bring proceedings before the national courts. Case C-535/18. Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 7 November 2018. Brian Holohan and Others v An Bord Pleanála. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Directive 92/43/EEC — Conservation of natural habitats — Conservation of wild fauna and flora — Road construction project — Appropriate assessment of effects on the environment — Extent of the obligation to state reasons — Directive 2011/92/EU — Assessment of the implications of certain projects — Annex IV, Point 3 — Article 5(3)(d) — Meaning of the concept of ‘main alternatives’. Case C-461/17. Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 24 November 2016. Bund Naturschutz in Bayern e.V. and Harald Wilde v Freistaat Bayern. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bayerischer Verwaltungsgerichtshof. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment — Directive 2011/92/EU — Project subject to assessment — Annex I, point 7 — European Agreement on Main International Traffic Arteries (AGR) — Widening of a road with four lanes over a length of less than 10 km. Case C-645/15. Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 28 February 2018. Comune di Castelbellino v Regione Marche and Others. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per le Marche. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Directive 2011/92/EU — Article 4(2) and (3) and Annexes I to III — Environmental impact assessment — Authorisation to carry out work in a plant for the production of electricity from biogas without preliminary examination of the need for an environmental impact assessment — Annulment — Regularisation after the event of the authorisation on the basis of new provisions of national law without preliminary examination of the need for an environmental impact assessment. Case C-117/17. Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 13 January 2022. Regione Puglia v Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare and Others. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Energy – Directive 94/22/EC – Conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons – Authorisation for the prospection of hydrocarbons in a specific geographical area for a specified period – Contiguous areas – Grant of several authorisations to the same operator – Directive 2011/92/EU – Article 4(2) and (3) – Environmental impact assessment. Case C-110/20. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 24 February 2022. Namur-Est Environnement ASBL v Région wallonne. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État (Belgium). Request for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Directive 2011/92/EU – Assessment of the effects of certain projects on the environment – Directive 92/43/EEC – Conservation of natural habitats – Relationship between the assessment and consent procedure referred to in Article 2 of Directive 2011/92/EU and a national procedure for derogation from the species protection measures provided for by Directive 92/43/EEC – Concept of ‘development consent’ – Multi-stage decision-making process – Obligation to conduct an assessment – Material scope – Stage of the procedure at which public participation in the decision-making process must be ensured. Case C-463/20. A06 A08 A01P02LA A01P02LC Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 7 November 2018. Coöperatie Mobilisation for the Environment UA and Vereniging Leefmilieu v College van gedeputeerde staten van Limburg and College van gedeputeerde staten van Gelderland. Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 92/43/EEC — Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora — Special areas of conservation — Article 6 — Appropriate assessment of the implications of a plan or project for a site — National programmatic approach to tackling nitrogen deposition — Concepts of ‘project’ and ‘appropriate assessment’ — Overall assessment prior to individual authorisations for farms which cause nitrogen deposition. Joined Cases C-293/17 and C-294/17. Case C-535/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Germany) lodged on 16 August 2018 — IL and Others v Land North Rhine-Westphalia article 6 article 11 paragraph 1 point (b) Case C-9/22: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the High Court (Ireland) made on 5 January 2022 — NJ, OZ v An Bord Pleanála, Ireland, Attorney General Case C-216/24, Asociación Petón do Lobo: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Galicia (Spain) lodged on 20 March 2024 – Asociación Petón do Lobo v Dirección Xeral de Planificación Enerxética e Recursos Naturais Case C-470/16: Reference for a preliminary ruling from High Court (Irlande) made on 22 August 2016 — North East Pylon Pressure Campaing Limited, Maura Sheehy v An Bord Pleanála, The Minister for Communications Energy and Natural Resources, Ireland, Attorney General article 11 paragraph 4 article 11 paragraph 1 Case C-721/21: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the High Court (Ireland) made on 26 November 2021 — Eco Advocacy CLG v An Bord Pleanála article 4 paragraph 3 article 4 paragraph 2 article 4 paragraph 5 article 4 paragraph 4 annex III Case C-329/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 1 June 2017 — Gerhard Prenninger and Others annex II point 1 point (d) Case C-575/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wien (Austria) lodged on 20 September 2021 — WertInvest Hotelbetriebs GmbH annex III point 2 point (c) point (viii) article 4 paragraph 2 annex II annex II point 10 point (b) article 11 article 1 paragraph 2 point (e) article 1 paragraph 2 point (d) article 4 paragraph 3 article 2 paragraph 1 annex III Case C-300/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Germany) lodged on 7 July 2020 — BUND Naturschutz in Bayern e.V. v Landkreis Rosenheim Case C-197/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per le Marche (Italy) lodged on 8 April 2016 — Commune di Loro Piceno and Others v Provincia di Macerata, Provincia di Macerata Settore 10 — Ambiente Case C-196/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per le Marche (Italy) lodged on 7 April 2016 — Comune di Corridonia v Provincia di Macerata, Provincia di Macerata Settore 10 –Ambiente Case C-58/24, Drumakilla: Reference for a preliminary ruling from High Court (Ireland) made on 26 January 2024 – NE, MY, HJ, XF, WB, UV, VK, JU, RJ and DZ v An Bord Pleanála, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Ireland and The Attorney General article 11 paragraph 5 article 4 paragraph 5 article 11 paragraph 2 article 11 article 1 paragraph 2 point (a) article 4 paragraph 2 point (a) Case C-66/23: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Symvoulio tis Epikrateias (Greece) lodged on 7 February 2023 — Elliniki Ornithologiki Etaireia, Syllogos Diktyo Oikologikon Organoseon Aigaiou, Perivallontikos Syllogos Rethymnou, Politistikos Syllogos Thronos Kleisidiou, KX and Others v Ypourgos Esoterikon, Ypourgos Oikonomikon, Ypourgos Anaptyxis kai Ependyseon, Ypourgos Perivallontos kai Energeias, Ypourgos Agrotikis Anaptyxis kai Trofimon Case C-206/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Germany) lodged on 21 April 2017 — Heinrich Denker v Gemeinde Thedinghausen Case C-645/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bayerischer Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 3 December 2015 — Bund Naturschutz in Bayern e.V., Harald Wilde v Freistaat Bayern annex I point 7 point (b) annex I point 7 point (c) Case C-117/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per le Marche (Italy) lodged on 6 March 2017 — Comune di Castelbellino v Regione Marche and Others Case C-434/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administratīvā rajona tiesa (Latvia) lodged on 30 June 2022 — AS Latvijas valsts meži v Dabas aizsardzības pārvalde, Vides pārraudzības valsts birojs, intervening party: Valsts meža dienests article 1 paragraph 2 point (a) Case C-596/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Minden (Germany) lodged on 15 September 2022 — Mr J. O. v Kreis Gütersloh article 4 paragraph 2 annex I point 24 article 2 paragraph 1 annex III point 1 point (b) annex III point 3 point (g) article 4 paragraph 1 annex II point 1 point (e) article 4 paragraph 3 article 4 paragraph 2 point (a) annex I point 17 point (a) Case C-280/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Symvoulio tis Epikrateias (Greece) lodged on 24 April 2018 — Alain Flausch, Andrea Bosco, Estienne Roger Jean Pierre Albrespy, Association registered as Syndesmos Iiton, Association registered as Elliniko Diktyo — Filoi tis Fysis, Association registered as Syllogos Prostasias kai Perithalpsis Agias Zois (SPPAZ) v Ypourgos Perivallontos kai Energeias, Ypourgos Oikonomikon, Ypourgos Tourismou, Ypourgos Naftilias kai Nisiotikis Politikis Case C-41/24, Waltham Abbey Residents Association: Reference for a preliminary ruling from High Court (Ireland) made on 22 January 2024 – Waltham Abbey Residents Association v An Bord Pleanála, Ireland and The Attorney General article 5 article 7 article 3 paragraph 1 point (b) article 4 paragraph 4 article 9 annex IIA article 4 paragraph 2 article 10 article 6 article 8 annex IIA point 3 Case C-348/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 10 July 2015 — Stadt Wiener Neustadt Case C-411/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour constitutionnelle (Constitutional Court, Belgium) lodged on 7 July 2017 — Inter-Environnement Wallonie asbl, Bond Beter Leefmilieu Vlaanderen vzw v Conseil des ministres article 6 article 11 article 1 paragraph 4 article 1 paragraph 2 article 8 article 3 article 2 annex I article 7 annex II article 4 article 5 article 2 paragraph 4 annex III annex II point 13 point (a) Case C-461/17: Reference for a preliminary ruling from High Court (Irlande) (Ireland) made on 28 July 2017 — Brian Holohan, Richard Guilfoyle, Noric Guilfoyle, Liam Donegan v An Bord Pleanála article 5 paragraph 3 point (d) Case C-613/22: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the High Court (Ireland) made on 23 September 2022 — Dublin 8 Residents Association v An Bord Pleanála, Ireland and the Attorney General article 11 paragraph 1 point (a) article 1 paragraph 2 point (e) Case C-463/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (Belgium) lodged on 24 September 2020 — Namur-Est Environnement ASBL v Région wallonne article 7 article 6 article 5 article 1 paragraph 2 point (c) article 2 article 8 Case C-293/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State (Netherlands) lodged on 22 May 2017 — Coöperatie Mobilisation for the Environment UA, Vereniging Leefmilieu v College van gedeputeerde staten van Limburg, College van gedeputeerde staten van Gelderland article 1 paragraph 2 point (a) Legal basis Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union PART SIX - INSTITUTIONAL AND FINANCIAL PROVISIONS TITLE I - INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS Chapter 2 - Legal acts of the Union, adoption procedures and other provisions Section 2 - Procedures for the adoption of acts and other provisions Article 294(ex Article 251 TEC) Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union PART THREE - UNION POLICIES AND INTERNAL ACTIONS TITLE XX - ENVIRONMENT Article 192(ex Article 175 TEC) EuroVoc Vocabulary Environmental impact Impact study Building industry General provisions and programmes Industrial project Private sector Environmental protection Environment Public sector