Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 8 May 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Unabhängiger Verwaltungssenat Wien — Austria) — Ferdinand Stefan v Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft

(Case C-329/13) (1)

((Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure - Directive 2003/4/EC - Validity - Public access to environmental information - Exception to the obligation to disclose environmental information where the disclosure compromises the ability of any person to receive a fair trial - Optional nature of that exception for Member States - Article 6 TEU - Second paragraph of Article 47 of the Charter))

2014/C 261/09

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Unabhängiger Verwaltungssenat Wien

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Ferdinand Stefan

Defendant: Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft

Operative part of the order

Consideration of the questions raised has disclosed no factor of such a kind as to affect the validity of Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information and repealing Council Directive 90/313/EEC.

(1)  OJ C 274, 21.9.2013.