“Access to justice in environmental cases ; but what happens then ?”

With financial support from the EU’s Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Programme

Thursday 30 September

Arrival of the participants

20:30 Common dinner in the hotel

Friday 1 October

9:00 – 9:45 Welcome address and presentation of the participants

9.45 – 10:30 Access to Justice in Environmental Matters – the State of Play

Adam Daniel NAGY (DGENV)

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 – 12:30 Case Study 1 : Biogas plant (appendix 1)

Presentation of answers to the questionnaire, discussion

Werner HEERMANN

12:30 – 14:00 Common lunch in the hotel

14:00 – 15:00 Case Study 1 continuation

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break

15:30 –17:30 Case Study 2 : Mobile phone antenna (appendix 3)

Werner HEERMANN

This case study runs as follows : Presentation of the facts, legal framework and administrative procedure by the speaker, discussion of the legal topics and the solution by groups of about 8 persons, presentation of the solution by each group, discussion in plenary, explanation of the national court’s judgement by the speaker.

19:00 Common dinner in the hotel

Saturday 2 October

9:00 – 9:45 Role of Fundamental Rights in the Judicial Procedure in Administrative Matters

Mariolina ELIANTONIO, Maastricht University

9 : 45 -10:30 Case Study 3 : The wind mills (appendix 2)

Discussion

Werner HEERMANN

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 – 12:30 The Court’s power to amend the authority’s decision -

The Finnish system and its practice by the Courts
Patrik STENBÄCK and Emil WARIS

12 : 30 Common lunch in the hotel