Protection of Species in Environmental Decision-making PROSPEC

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Protection of Species in Environmental Decision-making PROSPEC An interdisciplinary research project on the integration of scientific evidence in administrative and judicial procedures Presentation på Juridicums/ArtDatabankens seminarium Naturvetenskapliga underlag i miljöbeslutsprocesser Uppsala 15 november 2017

Environmental law Sustainable Development, Future generations, Nature resources, International & EU obligations… Economy, sharp conflicts (nukes, water permits, species protection... The environment has no words… Compulsory law (mandatory), ex officio (inquisitorial) principle… Significant feature of nature science/ technical assessments…

”Standards” & ”proxies” in environmental law Criteria in law (EIA, WFD, HD) Significant impact on the environment… Good ecological status/potential… Likely to have a significant effect on the conservation objectives… (More or Less) Soft Guidelines BREFs… Commission’s Guidelines and Positions… CIS, LCIE, Proxies (Key habitats, Red list, indicator species, etc…

“Favourable conservation status” (i) conservation status of a species means the sum of the influences acting on the species concerned that may affect the long-term distribution and abundance of its populations within the territory referred to in Article 2; FCS when: population dynamics data on the species concerned indicate that it is maintaining itself on a long-term basis as a viable component of its natural habitats, and

“Procedural legality” Requirements for permit applications / Notifications… Transparency and Participation in the procedure… EIA, AIA, etc… Burden of proof (Precautionary Principle)…

“Substantive legality” C-127/02 Waddenzee (2004), p. 59 …are to authorise such activity only if they have made certain that it will not adversely affect the integrity of that site. That is the case where no reasonable scientific doubt remains as to the absence of such effects… C-71/14 East Sussex (2015), p. 58 …JR procedure (…) must enable the court or tribunal hearing an application for annulment of such a decision to apply effectively the relevant principles and rules of EU law when reviewing the lawfulness of the decision (…)

“Substantive legality” C-665/15 Einsiedelbach, AG Sharpston, p. 67 The procedural autonomy of the Member States is not absolute. It must be exercised in keeping with the aims and the objectives of the Aarhus Convention and of the Water Framework Directive.

Environmental “interests” Future generations Public/Public concerned ENGOs Courts Administration Experts

Different procedural system Adm court General court Adm appeal- body/tribunal Administrative or Civil procedure; burden of proof, responsibility of the court, costs, etc Scope of the trial Outcome; quash or reform… Authority/ Permit body

Den svenska miljöprövningen Reformatorisk ”hela vägen till HD”… Specialdomstolar, om än i allmän domstol… Domstol som tillståndsorgan… Juristdomare o tekniker dömes jämsides, men… Inget ministerstyre (12:2 RF), bygger på att administrativa beslut överklagas… Självständiga sektorsmyndigheter… Användningen av remisser…

….and finally… PROSPEC – Faculty of Law//UU & Species Information Centre/SLU Protection of Species in Environmental Decision-making - An interdisciplinary research program on the integration of scientific evidence in administrative and judicial procedures jan.darpo@jur.uu.se; jonas.sandstrom@slu.se