Interpreting the SEA directive: a focus on plans, programmes, and reasonable alternatives
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14220%2F25%3A00141432" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14220/25:00141432 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12027-025-00843-x" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12027-025-00843-x</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12027-025-00843-x" target="_blank" >10.1007/s12027-025-00843-x</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Interpreting the SEA directive: a focus on plans, programmes, and reasonable alternatives
Original language description
This article delves into the interpretative challenges surrounding the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Directive (2001/42/EC), with a particular focus on the definition of “plans and programmes” and the assessment of “reasonable alternatives.” It examines the 2024 Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruling in Case C-727/22 (Friends of the Irish Environment), which determined that Ireland’s “Project Ireland 2040” does not fall under the SEA Directive, thereby precluding a substantive response on reasonable alternatives. The paper explores the complexities in defining “plans and programmes” crucial for the Directive’s effective application and environmental protection. Additionally, it addresses the ongoing lack of clarity in the interpretative framework for assessing reasonable alternatives under the SEA Directive. The article draws upon CJEU jurisprudence and analyses recent judgments from the Czech Supreme Administrative Court to shed light on these issues.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50501 - Law
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
ERA Forum
ISSN
1612-3093
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
26
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
19
Pages from-to
337-355
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105008246538