(Case C-619/19 Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Germany) lodged on 19August 2019— Land Baden-Württemberg v D.R.
Fecha: 19-Ago-2019
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Germany) lodged on 19August 2019— Land Baden-Württemberg v D.R.
(Case C-619/19)
Language of the case: German
Referring court
Bundesverwaltungsgericht
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Land Baden-Württemberg
Defendant: D.R.
Questions referred
Is point (e) of the first subparagraph of Article4(1) of Directive 2003/4/EC1 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28January 2003 on public access to environmental information and repealing Council Directive 90/313/EEC (the Environmental Information Directive) to be interpreted as meaning that the term ‘internal communications’ covers all communications which do not leave the internal sphere of an authority which is required to provide information?
Is the temporal scope of the protection of ‘internal communications’ under point (e) of the first subparagraph of Article4(1) of the Environmental Information Directive unlimited?
If Question 2 is answered in the negative: Does the protection of ‘internal communications’ under point (e) of the first subparagraph of Article4(1) of the Environmental Information Directive apply only until the authority required to provide information has taken a decision or completed any other administrative process?