The CJEU’s ruling granting non-governmental organizations the right to challenge forest management plans in court may go unanswered, Deputy Justice Minister Michał Woś ruled on Friday. As he said, the ruling refers to provisions of Polish law that no longer apply.
Yesterday there was a scandalous ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union, which wants to destroy de facto forest management in Poland, destroy state forests
– said Woś at a press conference on Friday. According to him, “the verdict is so outrageous and so politicized that it does not require a response from the Polish state.”
As Solidarna Polska we will always stand up for the state forests, for the Polish forests
he said.
We will not allow the alliance of eco-terrorists with Eurocrats to transfer decision-making in this matter from Polish to European jurisdiction
he said.
He added that the ruling related to the nature protection provisions, which were amended last year, and that “the Tribunal dealt with an outdated issue” and that the forest management plans “are subject to very wide consultations” and that the participation of citizens in the shaping of forest management is guaranteed, the plans can also be taken to court.
This judgment should be treated as an assessment of the factual situation which existed in the past and which no longer exists
said Wos.
Sulfur: CJEU judgment “touches very hard the foundations of our state”
According to Deputy Climate Minister Edward Siarka, this is yet another judgment that “hits the very foundations of our state very hard – this applies to forest sovereignty and powers – but it could hit especially hard the economic foundations of our state.”
Poland’s timber industry is one of the largest, it is three percent of GDP, 500,000 people are employed in the timber industry
said Sulfur.
According to Siarka, “the infringement of EU legislation is very detrimental to sustainable forest management”, and the implementation of the judgment would mean that “with one click on a computer, one or another ecological organization will exclude the forest management plan from practical application”. for many years.”
We all love nature, the struggle and contention is about how to protect it and whether to allow it to be tampered with
– said Tadeusz Cymanski.
Outrageous judgment of the CJEU!
In a judgment on Thursday, the CJEU ruled that conservation organizations should have the right to challenge forest management plans in court. The case concerned a complaint against Poland by the European Commission. The EC accused Poland of violating the provisions of the Habitats and Birds Directives by introducing provisions into national legislation according to which “forest management carried out on the basis of good practice does not infringe nature protection provisions under the above-mentioned directives”. The second allegation concerned the inability of environmental protection organizations to challenge forest management plans in court.
The Ministry of Climate and Environment and State Forests announced in a joint statement on Thursday that “Poland will not agree to the introduction of the possibility of paralyzing forest management into national law.”
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Source: wPolityce
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