CELEX: 62011CN0515
Language: en
Date: 2011-10-03 00:00:00
Title: Case C-515/11: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Berlin (Germany) lodged on 3 October 2011 — Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V. v Federal Republic of Germany

4.2.2012   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 32/13
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Berlin (Germany) lodged on 3 October 2011 — Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V. v Federal Republic of Germany
   (Case C-515/11)
   2012/C 32/22
   Language of the case: German
   
      Referring court
   
   Verwaltungsgericht Berlin
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V.
   
      Defendant: Federal Republic of Germany
   
      Questions referred
   
   
               1.
            
            
               Is the second sentence of Article 2(2) of Directive 2003/4/EC (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information and repealing Council Directive 90/313/EEC to be interpreted as meaning that bodies and institutions are acting in a legislative capacity when their activities relate to legislation by the executive on the basis of authorisation given by a law enacted by Parliament?
            
         
               2.
            
            
               If question 1 is to be answered in the affirmative, are such bodies and institutions permanently excluded from the term ‘public authority’, or only until completion of the legislative process?
            
         
      (1)  OJ 2003 L 41, p. 26.