A partial win for Greenpeace Belgium in air pollution case against the Flemish Region

On 10 October 2018, in vzw Greenpeace Belgium v Flemish Region, the President of the Dutch-Speaking Court of First Instance of Brussels ordered the Flemish Government to draft a comprehensive air quality plan for the entire region, subject to a penalty payment of 1.000 EUR per day of delay. Insufficient data communication as well as frequent and permanent annual limit value exceedances for NO2 violate the Air Quality Directive 2008/50/EC.