Environmental law: every source in one search.
Case law, legislation, decisions and legal literature on environmental law, in one search. Every result opens at the passage that matters.
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Case law
Council for Permit Disputes
A suspension requires the applicant to demonstrate the urgency in concrete terms.
Case law
Council of State
The authority must carefully gather the relevant facts before it decides.
Decisions
Provincial Executive
The appeal is declared admissible; the noise study is insufficient to rule out nuisance.
Sources for environmental law
Legislation
- Flemish Spatial Planning Code
- Flemish Environmental Permit Decree
- Walloon Territorial Development Code
- and others
Parliamentary documents
- Flemish Spatial Planning Code
- Flemish Environmental Permit Decree
- Walloon Territorial Development Code
- and others
Legal literature
Journal articles, handbooks, doctoral theses and more.
“In complex cases there are often hundreds of potentially relevant sources. Ex Ante shows the relevant passages straight away, which saves an enormous amount of time.”
Koen Daniëlssenior adviser, CDRO ConsultingQuestions about environmental law in Ex Ante
Which environmental law sources does Ex Ante search?
The judgments of the Council for Permit Disputes (Raad voor Vergunningsbetwistingen) and the Council of State, the rulings of the Enforcement Board (Handhavingscollege), the decisions of provincial executives and municipal executives, Flemish, Walloon and Brussels legislation, the parliamentary preparatory works and legal literature.
Can I search only the judgments of the Council for Permit Disputes?
Yes. You filter by institution so you only see its judgments, and refine by date and language. With Exclude party arguments switched on, Ex Ante searches only the Council's assessment, not the parties' pleas.
Can I also find decisions by provincial and municipal authorities?
Yes. Ex Ante contains decisions of provincial executives and municipal executives on environmental permits. You can see how a permitting authority ruled on a similar application before, next to the case law that followed.
As a lawyer at a local authority, how do I keep track of case law on permits and enforcement?
With Ex Ante, you search the judgments of the Council for Permit Disputes and the Council of State, the rulings of the Enforcement Board (Handhavingscollege) and the decisions of municipal and provincial executives in one search. Your searches are saved automatically. With the Ex Ante Nieuws newsletter, you get a weekly overview of new case law on the topics you choose.
How do I find case law on an article of the Flemish Spatial Planning Code or the Environmental Permit Decree?
Type the article and the instrument, for example "article 4.3.1 VCRO". Ex Ante shows the text of the article and the case law and legal literature that apply it, each opened at the passage where the article is discussed.
Can I search in plain language, without knowing the exact terms?
Yes. Ex Ante searches by meaning. A question like "can my neighbour build a wind turbine right next to my garden" also finds judgments on nuisance, shadow flicker and compatibility with good spatial planning.
Can I also find legal literature on environmental law?
Yes. Ex Ante searches journal articles, handbooks and doctoral theses on environmental law, alongside the case law and legislation. For a judgment of the Council for Permit Disputes, you also find the commentary published on it, and the preparatory works of the rules it applies.
Does it include Walloon and Brussels environmental law?
Yes. Besides Flemish legislation, Ex Ante searches Walloon and Brussels legislation and the case law of the Council of State, in Dutch and French.
Can I try Ex Ante for free on my environmental law cases?
Yes. You can try Ex Ante free for three weeks, no credit card required. Working at a firm? We'll show you Ex Ante in a 30-minute demo, using your own questions on environmental law.