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7 B 12/17, 7 B 12/17 (7 C 6/18) ECLI:DE:BVerwG:2018:230118B7B12.17.0 AI generated

Consideration of species protection in location-based preliminary Environmental Impact Assessments

Case Number 7 B 12/17, 7 B 12/17 (7 C 6/18)
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Jurisdiction Germany (DE)
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Outcome Allowed / Granted
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Legislator summary

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The Federal Administrative Court granted leave to appeal, allowing the revisions of the defendant and an intervening party to proceed on grounds of the case's fundamental legal significance. The dispute concerns the scope of a location-based preliminary Environmental Impact Assessment (UVP), specifically whether and to what extent species protection interests must be considered during this screening phase under the German Environmental Impact Assessment Act. This decision allows the final court to clarify the legal requirements for factoring in biological conservation goals within the preliminary review process, in light of the legislation modernizing environmental assessment law enacted in July 2017. The key legal norms at issue include § 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO regarding the criteria for granting leave to appeal on questions of fundamental significance, and the provisions of the Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfungsgesetz (UVPG) governing the preliminary examination procedure.

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 und Abs. 3, § 52 Abs. 1 GKG, § 47 Abs. 1 Satz 1, § 52 Abs. 1, § 63 Abs. 1 GKG; Consideration of species protection in location-based preliminary Environmental Impact Assessments: The dispute concerns the scope of a location-based preliminary Environmental Impact Assessment (UVP), specifically whether and to what extent species protection interests must be considered during this screening phase under the German Environmental Impact Assessment Act. This decision allows the final court to clarify the legal requirements for factoring in biological conservation goals within the preliminary review process, in light of the legislation modernizing environmental assessment law enacted in July 2017. The key legal norms at issue include § 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO regarding the criteria for granting leave to appeal on questions of fundamental significance, and the provisions of the Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfungsgesetz (UVPG) governing the preliminary examination procedure.

Keywords

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environmental impact assessment preliminary decision environmental protection ground for review scope of the legislation assessment criteria

Cited Legislation

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§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO
The main ground for granting leave to appeal on the basis of the fundamental significance of the case.
§ 52 Abs. 1 GKG
3, § 52 Abs. 1 GKG, für das Revisionsverfahren auf § 47 Abs.
§ 63 Abs. 1 GKG
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.
§ 47 Abs. 1 Satz 1 und Abs. 3, § 52 Abs. 1 GKG
Provisions cited for the calculation of the value in dispute for the appeal proceedings.
§ 47 Abs. 1 Satz 1, § 52 Abs. 1, § 63 Abs. 1 GKG
Provisions cited for the calculation of the value in dispute for the revision proceedings.
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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

The main ground for granting leave to appeal on the basis of the fundamental significance of the case.

§ 47 Abs. 1 Satz 1 und Abs. 3, § 52 Abs. 1 GKG

Provisions cited for the calculation of the value in dispute for the appeal proceedings.

§ 47 Abs. 1 Satz 1, § 52 Abs. 1, § 63 Abs. 1 GKG

Provisions cited for the calculation of the value 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.