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7 B 11/17, 7 B 11/17 (7 C 5/18) ECLI:DE:BVerwG:2018:230118B7B11.17.0 AI generated

Inclusion of species protection interests in site-specific preliminary environmental impact assessment screenings under the EIA Act

Case Number 7 B 11/17, 7 B 11/17 (7 C 5/18)
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Jurisdiction Germany (DE)
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Outcome Allowed / Granted
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The Federal Administrative Court granted permission for appeal on grounds of fundamental legal significance, upholding the defendant's and intervenors' complaints and thereby allowing the case to proceed to a full revision hearing. The dispute concerns a challenge to a preliminary environmental impact assessment (EIA) decision under the EIA Act, specifically questioning whether and to what extent species protection interests must be taken into account during the site-specific preliminary screening stage. The decisive legal basis is § 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO, which permits revision if the matter is of fundamental legal importance, particularly in light of the 2017 amendment to the EIA Act which modified the requirements for preliminary assessments involving biodiversity and species protection.

Legislator headnote

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§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO, § 52 Abs. 1 GKG, § 63 Abs. 1 GKG, § 47 Abs. 1 Satz 1 GKG, § 47 Abs. 3 GKG; Inclusion of species protection interests in site-specific preliminary environmental impact assessment screenings under the EIA Act: The dispute concerns a challenge to a preliminary environmental impact assessment (EIA) decision under the EIA Act, specifically questioning whether and to what extent species protection interests must be taken into account during the site-specific preliminary screening stage. The decisive legal basis is § 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO, which permits revision if the matter is of fundamental legal importance, particularly in light of the 2017 amendment to the EIA Act which modified the requirements for preliminary assessments involving biodiversity and species protection.

Keywords

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environmental impact assessment procedural rules environmental protection preliminary decision matter in dispute challenge of administrative decisions

Cited Legislation

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§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO
Main ground for granting permission for revision due to the fundamental legal significance of the question regarding species protection in preliminary EIA screenings.
§ 52 Abs. 1 GKG
Procedural rule cited in the dispositive for determining the amount in dispute for both the complaint and revision proceedings.
§ 63 Abs. 1 GKG
Procedural rule cited in the dispositive for determining the amount in dispute for the revision proceedings.
§ 47 Abs. 1 Satz 1 GKG
Procedural rule cited in the dispositive for determining the amount in dispute for the complaint proceedings.
§ 47 Abs. 3 GKG
Procedural rule cited in the dispositive for determining the amount in dispute for the complaint proceedings.
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7 B 9/17, 7 B 9/17 (7 C 3/18)
Consideration of species protection interests in site-specific preliminary impact assessment under the EIA Act
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Scope of species protection considerations in site-specific environmental impact assessment pre-screening
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Species protection in site-specific preliminary review under the Environmental Impact Assessment Act
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Consideration of species protection in location-based preliminary Environmental Impact Assessments
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Wind farm EIA screening: exclusion of individual species protection interests from site-specific preliminary review

Key legal questions extracted by Legislator

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§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO

Main ground for granting permission for revision due to the fundamental legal significance of the question regarding species protection in preliminary EIA screenings.

§ 47 Abs. 1 Satz 1 GKG

Procedural rule cited in the dispositive for determining the amount in dispute for the complaint proceedings.

§ 47 Abs. 3 GKG

Procedural rule cited in the dispositive for determining the amount in dispute for the complaint proceedings.

§ 52 Abs. 1 GKG

Procedural rule cited in the dispositive for determining the amount in dispute for both the complaint and revision proceedings.

§ 63 Abs. 1 GKG

Procedural rule cited in the dispositive for determining the amount in dispute for the revision proceedings.

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Revisionszulassung; Berücksichtigung von Belangen des Artenschutzes bei standortbezogener Vorprüfung (UVP)

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Die zulässigen Beschwerden des Beklagten und der Beigeladenen sind begründet. Die Revision ist wegen grundsätzlicher Bedeutung der Rechtssache zuzulassen (§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO). Das Revisionsverfahren kann voraussichtlich zur Klärung der sich auch nach der durch das Inkrafttreten des Gesetzes zur Modernisierung des Rechts der Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung vom 20. Juli 2017 (BGBl. I S. 2808) geänderten Rechtslage stellenden Frage beitragen, ob und gegebenenfalls inwieweit Belange des Artenschutzes bei der standortbezogenen Vorprüfung nach dem Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfungsgesetz zu berücksichtigen sind.

Die Festsetzung des Streitwerts beruht für das Beschwerdeverfahren auf § 47 Abs. 1 Satz 1 und Abs. 3, § 52 Abs. 1 GKG, für das Revisionsverfahren auf § 47 Abs. 1 Satz 1, § 52 Abs. 1, § 63 Abs. 1 GKG.