Case C-461/24, Asociación Petón do Lobo: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 1 August 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Galicia – Spain) – Asociación Autonómica Ambiental e Cultural Petón do Lobo v Dirección Xeral de Planificación Enerxética e Recursos Naturais, Eurus Desarrollos Renovables SLU (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Directive 2011/92/EU – Assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment – Article 6 – Consultations with authorities likely to be concerned by the project by reason of their specific environmental responsibilities or local and regional competences, and with the public concerned – Public participation in decision-making – Article 6(3)(b) – Scope of the concept of main reports and advice)
Date: 2025-08-01
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: access to EU information, environmental impact, infringement of EU law, national implementing measure








C_202505194EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/5194


6.10.2025






Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 1 August 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Galicia – Spain) – Asociación Autonómica Ambiental e Cultural Petón do Lobo v Dirección Xeral de Planificación Enerxética e Recursos Naturais, Eurus Desarrollos Renovables SLU


(Case C-461/24,
                (1)
Asociación Petón do Lobo)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Environment - Directive 2011/92/EU - Assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment - Article 6 - Consultations with authorities likely to be concerned by the project by reason of their specific environmental responsibilities or local and regional competences, and with the public concerned - Public participation in decision-making - Article 6(3)(b) - Scope of the concept of ‘main reports and advice’)
(C/2025/5194)
Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Galicia

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Asociación Autonómica Ambiental e Cultural Petón do Lobo

Defendants: Dirección Xeral de Planificación Enerxética e Recursos Naturais, Eurus Desarrollos Renovables SLU

Operative part of the judgment

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, as amended by Directive 2014/52/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014,
must be interpreted as not precluding legislation of a Member State under which, in the context of an environmental impact assessment procedure in respect of a project subject to that directive, the authorities likely to be concerned by that project by reason of their specific environmental responsibilities or local and regional competences are consulted at the same time as the public concerned, without the public concerned then being entitled to express its comments and opinions, to the authority or authorities competent for granting development consent for the project, on the opinions given in that connection by the consulted authorities.


(1)  OJ C, C/2024/5609.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5194/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)