Freistellung declaration may infringe neighbors’ rights

BVerwG 7 B 6/11, 7 B 6/11 (7 C 7/11)Bverwg / Division 7Mar 17, 2011Granted

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The Federal Administrative Court admitted the revision in a dispute over the amendment of a permit-requiring installation. It held that the case presents a question of fundamental importance: whether an exemption declaration under § 15(2) sentence 2 BImSchG can violate third-party rights and trigger a neighbor’s defensive right. The court therefore allowed the revision so that this issue can be clarified in the main proceedings.

Omnilex headnote

§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO; admissibility of revision for fundamental importance in connection with § 15 Abs. 2 Satz 2 BImSchG: A revision is to be admitted when a question of law of general significance requires clarification in the appeal proceedings. This may be the case where it is uncertain whether, and under which prerequisites, an immissions-control exemption declaration under § 15 Abs. 2 Satz 2 BImSchG can affect third-party rights and thereby found a neighbor’s defensive claim (consid. 1).

Full text

BVerwG — 7 B 6/11, 7 B 6/11 (7 C 7/11), Beschluss

Entscheidungsdatum: 2011-03-17

Aktenzeichen: 7 B 6/11, 7 B 6/11 (7 C 7/11)

Dokumenttyp: Beschluss

Normen: § 15 Abs 2 S 2 BImSchG

Vorinstanz: vorgehend Oberverwaltungsgericht des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, 14. Oktober 2010, Az: 2 L 140/08, Urteil

Spruchkörper: 7. Senat

Titelzeile

Änderung genehmigungsbedürftiger Anlagen; Freistellungserklärung

Gründe

1 Die Revision ist wegen grundsätzlicher Bedeutung der Rechtssache (§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO) zuzulassen. In einem Revisionsverfahren kann die Frage geklärt werden, ob und unter welchen Voraussetzungen eine immissionsschutzrechtliche Freistellungserklärung nach § 15 Abs. 2 Satz 2 BImSchG Rechte eines Dritten verletzen und ein nachbarliches Abwehrrecht zur Folge haben kann.

Keywords

environmental lawrevision admissibilityfundamental importanceneighbor rightsimmissions control

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Key legal question

Whether revision should be admitted for fundamental importance under § 132(2) no. 1 VwGO.

Extracted holding

The revision was admitted because the legal question is of fundamental importance.

Extracted reasoning

In a future revision proceeding, it can be clarified whether and under what conditions an exemption declaration under § 15(2) sentence 2 BImSchG can infringe third-party rights and give rise to a neighbor’s defensive claim.

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