The French Charter for the Environment: From Sowing to Harvesting

Written by Yann Aguila, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the French Charter for the Environment, looking back at the French Supreme Court’s “Commune d’Annecy” decision of 3 October 2008 which marked the first annulment of a ministerial decree on the grounds of the Charter.

Published by the Énergie – Environnement – Infrastructures Review

“This anniversary also leads us to consider, more generally, how the Charter is taken into account by the courts. We will look at what we might call “harvest time” – to borrow the title of an earlier article. First of all, however, we will start with the “sowing period”, by taking another look at the “Commune d’Annecy” decision.” Read more