The Queen v . Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, ex parte Greenpeace Limited

• Published in: International Law Reports
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2002
• Subjects: Lophelia pertusa
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781316152492.011; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S030906710001203X

617 Relationship of international law and municipal law — European Community legislation — European Community Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora (“Habitats Directive”) — Geographical scope of Habitats Directive — Whether Habitats Directive applying to United Kingdom continental shelf and superjacent waters — United Kingdom transposing requirements of Habitats Directive into municipal law — Conservation (Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora) Regulations 1994 (“1994 Regulations”) — Application of 1994 Regulations limited to territorial sea — Whether 1994 Regulations complete and lawful implementation of Habitats Directive — Secretary of State for Trade and Industry failing to consider Habitats Directive in licensing process with respect to area beyond territorial sea — Whether legally erroneous — Whether public interest in compliance with Habitats Directive Environment — Environmental protection — Habitats Directive aiming to protect lophelia pertusa and cetaceans — Whether oil exploration and production in Atlantic Frontier beyond territorial sea harmful to lophelia pertusa and cetaceans — Whether relevant provisions of Habitats Directive providing Greenpeace with grounds of challenge Sea — Continental shelf — Exclusive fishery zone — Environmental protection — Whether EC environmental legislation extending to areas outside territorial waters — The law of England