Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 19 December 2019

Deutsche Umwelthilfe eV v Freistaat Bayern

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bayerischer Verwaltungsgerichtshof

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Article 6, the first paragraph of Article 47 and Article 52(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Directive 2008/50/EC — Atmospheric pollution — Ambient air quality — Air quality plan — Limit values for nitrogen dioxide — Obligation to adopt appropriate measures to ensure that any exceedance period is very short — Obligation on the national courts to take any necessary measure — Refusal of a regional government to comply with an injunction — Coercive detention contemplated in respect of senior political representatives or senior officials of the region concerned — Effective judicial protection — Right to liberty of the person — Legal basis — Proportionality

Case C-752/18


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
07/02/2020 Deutsche Umwelthilfe
administrative cooperation
  • administrative cooperation
  • Provisions governing the institutions
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
  • Environment
  • Principles, objectives and tasks of the Treaties
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2019:1114		 19/12/2019 Deutsche Umwelthilfe
administrative cooperation
  • administrative cooperation
  • Provisions governing the institutions
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
  • Environment
  • Principles, objectives and tasks of the Treaties
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Abstract
ECLI:EU:C:2019:1114		 19/12/2019 Deutsche Umwelthilfe
administrative cooperation
  • administrative cooperation
  • Provisions governing the institutions
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
  • Environment
  • Principles, objectives and tasks of the Treaties
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Request for a preliminary ruling
03/12/2018 Deutsche Umwelthilfe
administrative cooperation
  • administrative cooperation
  • Provisions governing the institutions
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
  • Environment
  • Principles, objectives and tasks of the Treaties
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2019:972		 14/11/2019 Deutsche Umwelthilfe
administrative cooperation
  • administrative cooperation
  • Provisions governing the institutions
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
  • Environment
  • Principles, objectives and tasks of the Treaties
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.02 Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
      1.04.02.02 Scope of the protection of rights and principles
        1.04.02.02.01 Limitation on the exercise of rights and freedoms (Article 52(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights)
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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.06 Right to liberty and security
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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.47 Right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.23 Environment, sustainable development and climate
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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.47 Right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.23 Environment, sustainable development and climate
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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.47 Right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 03/12/2018

Date of the Opinion

  • 14/11/2019

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

19/12/2019


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 61 from 24.02.2020, p.17

Application: OJ C 54 from 11.02.2019, p.11

Name of the parties

Deutsche Umwelthilfe

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Rigaux, Anne: Primauté - Obligations du juge national, Europe 2020 Février Comm. nº 2 p.43 (FR)
  2. Waele, H.C.F.J.A. de: Noot : C-752/18, Jurisprudentie bestuursrecht 2020 nº 3 p. 193-195 (NL)
  3. Peeters, Marjan: Hof van Justitie van de Europese Unie, 19 december 2019, C-752/18 : noot, Milieu en recht 2020 p. 183-186 (NL)
  4. Van Gool, Elias: Het arrest Deutsche Umwelthilfe: (grenzen aan) effectieve rechterlijke bescherming bij aanhoudende weigering door een overheid om het Europese milieurecht na te leven : Zaak C-752/18, Deutsche Umwelthilfe/Freistaat Bayern1, S.E.W. : Tijdschrift voor Europees en economisch recht 2020 p. 520-525 (NL)
  5. Misonne, Delphine: Arm Wrestling around Air Quality and Effective Judicial Protection. Can Arrogant Resistance to EU Law-related Orders Put You in Jail? : Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 19 December 2019 in Case C-752/18 – Deutsche Umwelthilfe eVvFreistaat Bayern, Journal for European Environmental & Planning Law 2020 Vol. 17/4 p. 409-425 (EN)
  6. Fleurke, Floor M.: Aanscherping van rechtsbescherming en handhaving in milieuzaken : het recht op schone lucht : HvJ 26 juni 2019, zaak C-723/17, (Lies Craeynest e.a./Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest en Brussels Instituut voor Milieubeheer), HvJ 19 december 2019, zaak C-752/18, (Deutsche Umwelthilfe eV/Freistaat Bayern), Nederlands tijdschrift voor Europees recht 2020 p. 225-232 (NL)
  7. Lind, Franziska ; Priebe, Anne Sophie: Zur Zwangshaft gegen (deutsche) Amtsträger, insbesondere zu der Entscheidung des EuGH C-752/18, Deutsche Umwelthilfe e. V. gegen Freistaat Bayern, Zeitschrift für Europarechtliche Studien - ZEuS 2020 p. 429-464 (DE)
  8. Coutron, Laurent: V. Questions préjudicielles - Cour de justice, gde ch., 19 décembre 2019, Deutsche Umwelthilfe, aff. C-752/18, ECLI:EU:C:2019:1114, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2019. Décisions et commentaires (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2020, p. 355-360 (FR)
  9. Thieffry, Patrick: X. Environnement - Cour de justice, gde ch., 19 décembre 2019, Deutsche Umwelthilfe eV c/ Freistaat Bayern, aff. C-752/18, ECLI:EU:C:2019:137, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2019. Décisions et commentaires (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2020, p. 605-609 (FR)
  10. Coutron, Laurent: À propos du droit à l'exécution des décisions des juridictions nationales : une construction à parfaire, Revue trimestrielle de droit européen 2020, n° 2, p. 279-285 (FR)
  11. Martini, Alessio: Sull’inadempimento degli obblighi della direttiva 2008/50/CE “qualità dell’aria ambiente” e l’applicazione di misure detentive coercitive: il caso Deutsche Umwelthilfe e V (C-752/18), Rivista italiana di diritto pubblico comunitario 2020, n° 6, p. 1006-1036 (IT)
  12. Saavedra-Bazaga, Alicia Isabel: La ejecución forzosa de resoluciones judiciales nacionales en cumplimiento del Derecho de la Unión en materia ambiental, Revista española de Derecho Europeo 2020, nº 75, p. 121-145 (ES)
  13. Brockmann, Tim ; Lücke, Felix: Einsatz von Zwangsmitteln gegenüber Amtsträgern, Die öffentliche Verwaltung 2021 p. 392-397 (DE)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Bayerischer Verwaltungsgerichtshof - Germany

Subject-matter

  • administrative cooperation
  • Provisions governing the institutions
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
  • Environment
  • Principles, objectives and tasks of the Treaties

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

grande chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Safjan

Advocate General

Saugmandsgaard Øe

Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French