RECORD OF THE FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY HELD AT THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE, LUXEMBOURG ON 26 APRIL 2004 (15.00 – 17.00 h)

1. Presentation of the Statutes of the European Union Forum of Judges for the Environment

The Statutes are presented by Prof. Dr. L. Lavrysen, Judge with the Cour d’Arbitrage/Arbitragehof/ Shiedshof (Brussels - Belgium).

The discussion revealed that some clarifications must be considered in a following meeting of the General Assembly.

It was underlined that membership of judges is on personal title, but that the forum seeks to have representative members of the different judiciaries. The General Assembly is composed of 1 judge per member state of the EU or the EFTA and per European Court. Per member state and per European Court there can be 1 substitute member that has voting right in absence of the effective member.

Each judge of a member state of the EU or the EFTA or working in a European Court can be, without limitation, be ordinary member of the Forum, not being a member of the General Assembly.

Judges of states who applied for membership of the European Union can be member-observers.

Representatives of UNEP, the European Commission and the Council of Europe can follow all meetings and activities of the Forum in an observer capacity. Such a capacity can be given to other international organisations and ngo’s subject to approval of the General Assembly.

The question of membership contributions was raised, but postponed. The Board is asked to propose criteria for allowing observership of international ngo’s.

2. Composition of the First General Assembly

2.1. Accepted to become effective member

BELGIUM
Hon. Justice Luc LAVRYSEN 
Arbitragehof/Cour d'arbitrage
Koningsplein, 7
1000 Brussels

DENMARK
Hon. Justice Karsten Bo KNUDSEN 
Supreme Court, Copenhagen
Oestre Landsret, High Court
Bredgade, 59
260 Copenhagen

FRANCE
Hon. Chief Justice Guy CANIVET 
President, Supreme Court, Paris - Member of the UNEP ad hoc Advisory Group of Judges - Representative of West Europe - Chair 
5, quai de l'Horloge
75055 Paris R.P.

GREECE
Hon. Justice Constantinos MENOUDAKOS
Vice-President, Council of State, Athens
47, Panepistimion Str. 
10564 Athens

IRELAND
Hon. Justice Thomas SMYTH 
High Court, Dublin
Four Courts Inns Quay
Dublin

ITALY
Hon. Justice Amedeo POSTIGLIONE
Judge, Supreme Court of Cassation
Via Cardinal Pacca, 19 
00165 Rome

LITHUANIA
Hon. Justice Stasys STACIOKAS
Judge, Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania
Gedimino pr. 36, 
LT-2600 Vilnius

MALTA
Hon. Justice Gino CAMMILLERI
Constitutional Court of Justice
Republic Street
Qrati Tal Gustizzja
Valletta-MALTA

NORWAY
Hon. Justice Ole Bjørn STØLE
The Supreme Court of Norway
P.O. Box 8016, Dep. 0030
Oslo - Norway

PORTUGAL
Hon. Justice José Carlos CARVALHO MOITINHO
Portuguese Supreme Court of Justice
Praca do Comercio
Ala Norte
CP 1149-012 Lisbon

SLOVAKIA
JUDr. Igor BELKO 
Judge of the Slovak Supreme Court 
Zupne Namestie 13
814 90 Bratislava

SLOVENIA
Hon. Justice Dragica Wedam LUKIC 
Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of Slovenia
Beethovnova ulica 10
SI – 1000 Ljubljana

SWEDEN
Hon. Justice Ulf BJÄLLAS 
President of the Swedish Court of Appeal for Environmental Cases
Environmental Court of Appeal
Box 2290
S 10317 Stockholm

UNITED KINGDOM
Hon. Lord Justice Robert CARNWATH 
The Royal Court of Justice
Strand
London WC2A 2LL

2.2. Accepted to become substitute member

BELGIUM
Hon. Justice Jan VAN DEN BERGHE 
Vice-President, District Court, Ghent 
Rechtbank van Eerste Aanleg
Koophandelsplein, 23
9000 Gent

FRANCE
Mr Jean-Claude BONICHOT
Councillor of State, 
Conseil d’État
1 Place du Palais-Royal
75100 Paris-Cedex 01

2.3. Accepted to become member-observer

ROMANIA
Mrs Corina Michaela JIJIIE
Judge of the High Court of Cassation and Justice
25 Batistei Str. Sector 2
Bucharest

TURKEY
Mr. Tacettin SIMSEK
Council of State 
Danistay Baskanligi
Ihlamur Sok. No : 4
Sihhiye
06 448 – Yenisehir
Ankara

2.4. Followed the meeting in an observer capacity

UNEP
Mr. Lal KURUKULASURIYA
Senior Legal Officer, Environmental Law Branch, Division of Policy Development and Law, 
United Nations Environment Programme
P.O. Box 30 552
00100 Nairobi Kenya

EUROPEAN COMMISSION (DG ENVIRONMENT)
Mr. Georges KREMLIS
Mme Marta TOPOREK

COUR DE CASSATION DE FRANCE
Mme Dominique GUIHAL
Mme Laurence LAZERGES

ICEF
Mme Deirdre PIRRO

2.5. Invited judges that were unable to attend

AUSTRIA
Mr. Dr. Rainer BROCK 
Chairman of the Umweltsenat Landesgericht Innsbruck
Maximilianstraße 4 
6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Mr. Dr. Manfred RUPPRECHT
Deputy Chairman of the Umweltsenat, 
Angelo-Eustacchiogasse 58
8010 Graz, Austria
Mr. Dr. Herbert BERAN 
Bezirksgericht Wr. Neustadt, 
Maria Theresien-Ring 3b
2700 Wiener Neustadt, Austria

BULGARIA
Mrs Nadejda DJELEPOVA
Judge of the Supreme Administrative Court
18 Stamboliiski Bvld
1301 Sofia 
Mrs Galina MIHAILOVA
Judge of the Supreme Court of Cassation 
12 Vitosha Boulevard
1000 Sofia

CYPRUS
Hon. Justice Frixos NICOLAIDES 
Supreme Court of Cyprus
Post office box 652 
Charalambos Mouskos Street 
Nicosia 1404
CYPRUS

CZECH REPUBLIC
JUDr Josef BAXA
President of the Supreme Administrative Court
Masarykova 31
Brno 657 40

ESTONIA
Mr Indrek KOOLMEISTER
Supreme Court of Estonia 
Lossi 17
50093 Tartu

FINLAND
Hon. Justice Kari KUUSINIEMI
Judge, Supreme Court of Finland, Helsinki
Supreme Administrative Court
P.O. Box 180
00131 Helsinki 
Mr Jan Eklund, Vaasa Administrative Court

GERMANY
Hon. Justice Günter HALAMA
Judge, Federal Administrative Court
Federal Administrative Court
Simsonplatz 1
D-04107 Leipzig 
Hon. Justice Rafaela DIEHL
Judge, Administrative Court, Wiesbaden
Majoranweg 5
D-65191 Wiesbaden

HUNGARY
Dr Zoltan LOMNICI
President of the Supreme Court
Legfelsobb Birosag
H-1363 Budapest, Pf. 35

LATVIA
Chief Justice Andris GULANS
Supreme Court
Brivibas bulvaris 36
Riga
LV-1511 Latvia

LITHUANIA
Hon. Justice Ricardas PILICIAUSKAS 
Judge, Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania 
Tilto st. 17/4
Vilnius 
LT-2003

LUXEMBOURG
Mr. Jean Mathia Goerens
Administrative Court
Rue du Fort Thüngen 1
L-1499 Luxemburg

POLAND
Prof Andrzej WASILEWSKI 
Jagiellonian University 
Law and Administration Faculty
Ul. Olszewskiego 2
Krakow
Prof J. STELMASIAK 
University M. Curie-Sklodowska
Law and Administration Faculty
Ul. M. Curie-Sklodowskiej 5
20-032 Lublin

SLOVAKIA
JUDr. Jana HENČEKOVÁ /S/
Judge of the Regional Court in Bratislava 
Zupne Namestie 13
814 90 Bratislava

SLOVENIA
Mr Franc TESTEN
President of the Supreme Court 
Tavcarjeva 9
1000 Ljubljana

SPAIN
Hon. Justice Ricardo Enriquez SANCHEZ 
Judge
Supreme Court of Spain
Pza. de la Villa de Paris s/n
28071 Madrid
Hon. Justice Nekane SAN MIGUEL
Supreme Court of the Basque Country, Bilbao 
Barroeta Aldamar, 10
48001 Bilbao, Bizkaia

THE NETHERLANDS
Hon. Justice T.G. DRUPSTEEN
Judge, Council of State, The Hague
Environmental Chamber Council of State (Raad Van State)
P.O. Box 20019
2500 EA Den Haag

COUNCIL OF EUROPE
Mme Maguelonne DEJEANT-PONS 
Head Regional Planning and Technical Co-operation and Assistance Division
Avenue de l’Europe
67075 Strasbourg Cedex

EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE
Hon. Justice Claus GULMANN 
Judge, Court of Justice of the European Communities, Luxemburg
L-2925 Luxembourg

EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Hon. Justice Antonella MULARONI
Judge European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg
Council of Europe
F - 67075 Strasbourg-Cedex

It was agreed upon that the judges who were unable to attend will be invited by mail or fax to become effective member, substitute member or member-observer.

3. Election of the board

Were elected by consensus for a period of 2 years :

President : Guy CANIVET
Vice-President : Amedeo POSTIGLIONE
Vice-President : Ulf BJALLAS
Secretary-General : Robert CARNWATH
Treasurer : Luc LAVRYSEN
Auditor : Dragica WEDAM-LUKIC

4. Working Programme

The questionnaire was presented by Dominique GUIHAL and discussed. The questionnaire was accepted as a guideline for producing national reports. A reference to constitutional courts must be included.

The timetable is adjusted. The national reports must be introduced for the end of September.

5. Next meeting

The next meeting is scheduled for early December in The Hague or Brussels, depending on the outcome of the negotiations with the Dutch Environmental Ministry.