LUXEMBOURG Trends and Developments Contributed by: Nathalie Prüm-Carré, Inès Goeminne and Georges Gratia, Elvinger Hoss Prussen
cal storage of CO2 is to permanently contain CO2 in order to prevent and eliminate – as far as possible – any adverse effects and risks to the environment and human health. New framework for action adopted by Luxembourg On 4 July 2025, the Government Council approved Luxembourg’s action framework for the deployment of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) technologies and carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere (CDR). This action framework is part of the objective of achieving climate neutrality by 2050. It provides for the gradual activation of all decarbonisation levers, while taking into account industrial and economic opportunities. A set of seven key strategic measures has been identi- fied to enable the gradual and significant use of these technologies in the long term, including the creation of a clear legal framework. Nature Protection Re-establishment of applications for review before the administrative courts Bill No 8449 amending the Law of 18 July 2018 on the protection of nature and natural resources, as amend- ed, provides for the re-establishment of applications for review ( recours en réformation ) before the admin- istrative courts. This bill has not yet been definitively adopted and is subject to change before it comes into force.
In environmental matters, applications for review are not new. They were introduced by the Law of 19 Janu- ary 2004 but abolished during the 2018 reform, which retained only applications for annulment. The current bill therefore reverses this decision and re-establishes applications for review, returning to the logic of the repealed Law of 19 January 2004. The difference between these two types of action is significant. The application for annulment is limited to annulling the administrative decision, forcing the administration to re-examine the case. Conversely, the application for review allows the court to “clear” the dispute by substituting its own decision for the disputed decision. As a result, the applicant obtains a new decision more quickly. This re-establishment is therefore intended to give the administrative court a more active role in the settlement of environmental disputes. Finally, the introduction of an application for review in nature protection matters contributes to the harmo- nisation of environmental legislation on applications, since almost all environmental legislation provides for an application for review.
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