ECJ SAYS AUSTRIA MUST INCREASE NUMBER OF AIRPORT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
April 1st, 2013THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice has ruled Austria has broken European Union law by staging environmental impact assessments (EIA) only when airport expansions increase annual air traffic movements by 20,000 or make certain runway modifications. Judges said this was arbitrary and that EU directive 85/337/EEC insists EIAs be held into any project “likely to have significant effects on the environment”. The case was sparked by a dispute over holding an assessment into a new Salzburg airport terminal.
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