Judgment;Summary — ECLI:EU:C:2020:393
Date: 2020-05-28
Language of the case: Polish
Court formation: Fourth Chamber
Subject matter: Environment;Right of establishment;Approximation of laws;Freedom to provide services
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Poland

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Wojewódzki Sąd Administracyjny w Kielcach (Poland) lodged on 29 December 2017 — ECO-WIND Construction S.A., established in Warsaw v Samorządowe Kolegium Odwoławcze w Kielcach (Case C-727/17) Language of the case: Polish Referring court Wojewódzki Sąd Administracyjny w Kielcach Parties to the main proceedings Appellant: ECO-WIND Construction S.A., established in Warsaw Public administrative authority: Samorządowe Kolegium Odwoławcze w Kielcach Questions referred 1. Should Article 1(1)(f) of Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 September 2015 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical regulations and of rules on Information Society services 1 ... be interpreted as meaning that a statutory provision which introduces a restriction on the location of wind farms by establishing a minimum distance between a wind farm and a residential building or mixed-use building used for residential purposes, stating that this distance is to be equal to or greater than ten times the height of the wind farm measured from ground level ... to the highest point of the structure, including technical elements, in particular the rotor and rotor blades, is a ‘technical regulation’, a draft of which should be communicated to the Commission pursuant to Article 5(1) of that directive? 2. Should Article 15(2)(a) of Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on services in the internal market 2 ... be interpreted as meaning that a statutory provision which introduces a restriction on the location of wind farms by establishing a minimum distance between a wind farm and a residential building or mixed-use building used for residential purposes, stating that this distance is to be equal to or greater than ten times the height of the wind farm measured from ground level to the highest point of the structure, including technical elements, in particular the rotor and rotor blades, is a provision that makes access to a service activity or the exercise of it subject to territorial restrictions, in particular in the form of limits fixed according to a minimum geographical distance between providers, of which a Member State is to notify the Commission pursuant to Article 15(7) of that directive? 3. Should the first subparagraph of Article 3(1) and the first subparagraph of Article 13(1) of Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC 3 ... be interpreted as precluding national legislation which introduces a restriction on the location of wind farms by establishing a minimum distance between a wind farm and a residential building or mixed-use building used for residential purposes, stating that this distance is to be equal to or greater than ten times the height of the wind farm measured from ground level to the highest point of the structure, including technical elements, in particular the rotor and rotor blades? ____________ 1 OJ 2015 L 241, p. 1. 2 OJ 2006 L 376, p. 36. 3 OJ 2009 L 140, p. 16.