22.02.2018 NL law Stibbe advises on the construction of the Drentse Monden and Oostermoer wind farm Experience - On 21 February 2018, the Administrative Jurisdiction Department of the Council of State rendered its judgment on the construction of the Drentse Monden and Oostermoer wind farm. The zoning plan and other permits are now irrevocable and the construction of the wind farm, including 45 wind turbines, in the municipalities Aa and Hunze and Borger-Odoorn may begin Read more Anna Collignon Partner Amsterdam
08.12.2016 BE law Stibbe assists the Belgian State on night-flight routes Experience - Stibbe assists the Belgian Federal Public Service Mobility and Transport on suspension-and-annulment proceedings before the Council of State regarding night-flight routes as well as a civil litigation before ordinary courts. Read more Jan Bouckaert Partner Brussels
01.06.2013 NL law Stibbe advises confidential client Experience - Advising parties in relation to damages occurred or to occur in relation to gas mining activities in the northern part of The Netherlands. Read more Team: Tom Barkhuysen, Tijn Kortmann
02.01.2012 NL law Stibbe advises KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Experience - Advising KLM on several environmental and planning aspects. Read more Team: Tom Barkhuysen, Valérie van 't Lam
02.01.2011 NL law Stibbe advises City of Leiden Experience - Assisting city of Leiden with several environmental and planning projects Read more Team: Tom Barkhuysen, Tijn Kortmann, Jan van Oosten
01.09.2009 NL law Stibbe advises Interprovinciaal Overleg (IPO) Experience - Advising IPO, representative of the provinces, on the spatial planning of underground mining activities Read more Tom Barkhuysen Partner Amsterdam
14.02.2020 EU law Does your everyday cleaning product qualify as a 'biocidal product' under European legislation? Articles - On 19 December 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled on the concept of 'biocidal product', as defined in article 3 of Regulation 528/2012 on the making available on the market and use of biocidal products, in a case on a cleaning product primarily used "to ensure the absence of mould". According to the CJEU, the concept of ‘biocidal product’ is to be interpreted broadly, hereby also broadening the scope of application of Regulation 528/2012. Read more Team: Jan Bouckaert, Bastiaan Schelstraete, Maarten Christiaens
14.01.2020 NL law Seminar on developments in administrative law and environmental law Seminar - On 16 January 2020, Stibbe Amsterdam will host its annual seminar on the latest developments in administrative law and environmental law. Read more Team: Tom Barkhuysen, Jan Reinier van Angeren, Anna Collignon, Jan van Oosten, Tijn Kortmann, Liesbeth Berkouwer, Niels Jak, Valérie van 't Lam, Neeltje Walgemoed, Sophie Ravelli, Christien Saris, Monique van der Linden
13.12.2019 NL law Milieuproblemen in de landbouw: falend omgevingsrecht en mogelijke oplossingen Articles - Op 26 september 2019 gaven vijf sprekers hun visie op milieuproblemen in de landbouw tijdens de themamiddag van de Vereniging voor Milieurecht (VMR). Read more Sandra Putting Junior Associate Amsterdam
18.10.2019 BE law Grondwettelijk Hof vernietigt versoepeling landschappelijk waardevol agrarisch gebied! Articles - De Codextrein is niet onbesproken. Reeds een aantal van de bepalingen die werden ingevoerd door de Codextrein stuitten op een ferme "njet" van het Grondwettelijk Hof. Het nieuw ingevoegde artikel 5.7.1. VCRO blijkt hetzelfde lot beschoren te zijn. Deze bepaling strekte ertoe komaf te maken met de zeer strenge (te strenge?) rechtspraak van de Raad voor Vergunningsbetwistingen en de Raad van State inzake landschappelijk waardevol agrarisch gebied (LWAG). Benieuwd naar de draagwijdte van deze bepaling en het vernietigingsarrest? Met deze blog bent u weer helemaal mee. Read more Team: Jan Bouckaert, Guan Schaiko, Stefanie François
24.01.2020 BE law Instrumentendecreet goedgekeurd door Vlaamse regering Short Reads - Op 20 december 2019 heeft de Vlaamse regering het ontwerp van Instrumentendecreet goedgekeurd. Dit decreet bundelt de verschillende omgevingsinstrumenten met het oog op ruimtelijke realisaties op het terrein (zoals de fameuze "betonstop" of "bouwshift"). Read more Team: Jan Bouckaert, Yves Sternotte
24.12.2019 EU law Climate change litigation: Dutch Supreme Court upholds Urgenda decision Articles - On Friday 21 December 2019, the Dutch Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of the Dutch government in the Urgenda-case, hence upholding the order of the Court of Appeal of The Hague. The The Hague Court of Appeal ordered the Dutch State in 2018 (confirming the 2015 decision of the The Hague Court of first instance) to reduce Dutch greenhouse gas emissions by 25% compared to 1990, by the end of 2020. As other climate cases, such as the Belgian one, are in their final stages of proceedings, this decision sets an important precedent. Read more Team: Jan Bouckaert, Guan Schaiko, Cedric Degreef, Maarten Christiaens
04.12.2019 NL law Stibbe appoints three new partners Inside Stibbe - Muriël Rosing, Jan van Oosten and IJsbrand van Straten have been appointed as partners at Stibbe in Amsterdam with effect from 1 January 2020. Muriël is a criminal law specialist, Jan is a recognised expert in environment and planning law, and IJsbrand is a specialist in (notarial) corporate law. Read more Team: Derk Lemstra, Muriël Rosing, Jan van Oosten, IJsbrand van Straten
10.10.2019 NL law Valérie van 't Lam and Jan van Oosten speak during the Day of the Environmental and Planning Act Speaking slot - Valérie van ’t Lam has been invited to speak at the “Companies, Environment and the Environment plan” session during the Day of the Environmental and Planning Act (Omgevingswet), which will be held on 10 October 2019. Besides Valérie, Jan van Oosten will speak at the session “Transitional law and the Environmental and Planning Act”. Read more Team: Valérie van 't Lam, Jan van Oosten
15.01.2020 NL law E-book: belangrijkste ontwikkelingen bestuursrecht en omgevingsrecht 2019 in blogs Short Reads - De bestuursrechtadvocaten van Stibbe in Amsterdam bloggen regelmatig over actuele onderwerpen op het gebied van het bestuursrecht en het omgevingsrecht. In dit e-book zijn voor u de belangrijkste bestuursrechtelijke blogs over 2019 gebundeld. Read more Team: Jan Reinier van Angeren, Tom Barkhuysen, Anna Collignon, Jan van Oosten, Tijn Kortmann
15.12.2019 NL law 'Stop de Omgevingswet' Articles - Hoewel de Omgevingswet op dit moment voorligt bij de Eerste Kamer roept de wet uit verschillende hoeken twijfels op. Tijn Kortmann pleit samen met Jan van er Grinten in het Nederlands Juristenblad om de invoering van de Omgevingswet een halt toe te roepen, want: ‘beter ten halve gekeerd dan ten hele gedwaald’. Read more Tijn Kortmann Of counsel Amsterdam
22.11.2019 NL law Anna Collignon and Valérie van ‘t Lam to speak at VMR’s annual practice day Speaking slot - The Environment Law Association (VMR) is organising its annual practice day on 29 November 2019. The subjects for the day, to be attended by all the key players in environmental law, will be the Activities Decree and a perspective on the future. Read more Team: Anna Collignon, Valérie van 't Lam
02.10.2019 NL law Follow-up Seminar: noise and the environmental plan Seminar - Stibbe is organising a follow-up seminar on the subject of noise and environmental plan, to be held on 1 October 2019 in Amsterdam. The environmental plan will act as the central instrument in the Environmental Act, regulating use and development of the physical environment, distributing available environmental space, directing environmentally harmful activities and regulating cost recovery in the case of spatial developments. Read more Team: Jan Reinier van Angeren, Anna Collignon, Jan van Oosten