Alexander Schink

Zeitschrift für Europäisches Umwelt- und Planungsrecht, Volume 13 (2015), Issue 2, Page 148 - 160

For the admission of high-voltage lines that cross the borders of federal states or to other Member States of the European Union, the Energy Industry Act (EnWG) and the Energy Line Extension Acceleration Act (NABEG) contain special rules. These regimes allow for accelerated legally secure approval of these constructions so that the power lines necessary for the implementation of the energy transition can be completed in time. In addition to a legal needs test and the introduction of public participation at all stages of the plan approval upstream process, the Federal Trade Planning as a new instrument was introduced. It replaces the Zoning and line determination process and determines with binding effect for the subsequent planning approval process a route corridor for the high-voltage line. The legal protection is focused on the authorization decision. Subject of the following paper is the question of whether these changes in the approval process for high voltage lines in the Energy Industry Act and the NABEG can be transferred to other authorization procedures for infrastructure projects. The paper concludes that many elements are not new legislation. This applies in particular to the legal needs assessment and public participation. The process of public participation is, however, modified by the introduction of a resolution conference, to be carried out in the scoping process and early public participation, notwithstanding § 25 para. 3 VwVfG pretend mandatory. This procedure should be adopted in other approval procedures for infrastructure projects. This also applies to the Federal sectoral planning which contributes to accelerated procedure and a shift of complex scanning operations with relieving effects for the subsequent planning approval.On the other hand, a concentration of legal protection on the final approval decision is not recommended.

Alexander Schink

Zeitschrift für Europäisches Umwelt- und Planungsrecht, Volume 12 (2014), Issue 2, Page 112 - 121

The public participation in licensing procedures for project participation has been extended in § 25 para. 3 Administrative Procedures Act by a voluntary early public participation. More improvements are on the political agenda. In this context, wonders what requirements and sets limits to EU law for public participation. These are essentially determined by the EIA Directive and the AK. The scope for the national legislature to reduce public participation are then low. The

Alexander Schink

Zeitschrift für Europäisches Umwelt- und Planungsrecht, Volume 3 (2005), Issue 2, Page 9

EurUP 22005 Die EU-Richtlinie über Umwelthaftung 67 I. Die Umwelthaftungsrichtlinie der EU – Überblick über den Regelungsinhalt Am 21. April 2004 ist die Richtlinie über Umwelthaftung zur Vermeidung und Sanierung von Umweltschäden der EU verabschiedet worden1. Ziel der Richtlinie ist es, in der Europäischen Gemeinschaft ein System der Umwelthaftung einzuführen. Dabei geht es nicht um die zivilrechtliche Verantwortlichkeit von Verursachern (vgl. Artikel 3

Alexander Schink

Zeitschrift für Europäisches Umwelt- und Planungsrecht, Volume 1 (2003), Issue 1, Page 10

I. Die Aarhus-Konvention – Zielsetzung und Inhalt Im dänischen Aarhus wurde am 25. Juni 1998 die UN/ECEKonvention über den Zugang zu Informationen, die Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung an Entscheidungsverfahren und den Zugang zu Gerichten in Umweltangelegenheiten verabschiedet und von 35 Staaten, darunter auch der Europäischen Union unterzeichnet1. Sie ist inzwischen nach Unterzeichnung durch 40 Staaten auch in Kraft getreten2 und damit für die Unterzeichne