The Supreme Court decision regarding conflicting environmental protection and cultural heritage interests

News & Affairs

26. 01. 24

The Supreme Court clarified in its decision on January 15, 2024, the weighing of conflicting interests between environmental protection and cultural heritage. The Minister of Culture established a protection zone extending to the reservoir for the Linnamäe dam structure, which falls under cultural heritage protection. Meanwhile, the Environmental Board is in the process of assessing the impact on Natura, which will determine the permissibility of damming the protected Jägala River. Based on the environmental impact assessment, the Environmental Board should decide whether to grant a permit for damming the river for hydroenergy production and whether the damming can proceed. The MTÜ Jägala Kalateed, to exclude limiting the Environmental Board's competence in deciding on the issuance of the permit, contested the Minister of Culture's directive.

The Supreme Court explained in its decision that the establishment of a cultural heritage protection zone does not compel the Environmental Board to grant a permit nor can it hinder the elimination of the dam in case the permit is denied. The Supreme Court affirmed that in case of conflict, European Union environmental law norms take precedence over cultural heritage interests. The competence to balance cultural heritage and other environmental interests lies with the Environmental Board in the permit process.

According to Margus Kõiva, a senior associate at the law firm FORT, the Supreme Court's decision reveals that the Minister of Culture should have considered the possibility of eliminating the dam when establishing the cultural heritage protection zone. Kõiva emphasized that the key conclusion in the Supreme Court's decision is that the establishment of a cultural heritage protection zone cannot obligate the Environmental Board to maintain the dam in contradiction to environmental law norms. Although the court process revealed that the Minister of Culture's directive did not prevent the creation of a passage for fish at the dam and, if necessary, the lowering of the dam, the Supreme Court's decision provides clear guidance for both the Environmental Board and the Ministry of Culture for further proceedings.

Supreme Court decision: https://www.riigikohus.ee/et/lahendid/?asjaNr=3-21-150/64

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FORT contributed to the biggest real estate deal in Kaunas in the last 3 years

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22. 02. 19

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21. 01. 19

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FORT contributed to the third biggest real estate deal in the Baltics in 2018

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21. 04. 18

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26. 02. 18

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18. 10. 17

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16. 08. 17

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12. 04. 17

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31. 03. 17

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07. 03. 17

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10. 02. 17

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27. 01. 17

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16. 12. 16

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27. 10. 16

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26. 10. 16

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23. 10. 16

FORT Riga advised venture capital fund ZGI-3 in the largest investment in FinTech during 2016 in Latvia

11. 10. 16

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07. 10. 16

Brilliant acknowledgment of FORT by IFLR1000, a guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms

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19. 09. 16

FORT Vilnius team member Aistė Samuilytė-Mamontovė successfully defended the dissertation “Effect of the European Union Directives: Aspects of Ensuring the Principle of Legal Certainty”

05. 09. 16

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12. 08. 16

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05. 08. 16

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20. 07. 16

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13. 07. 16

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30. 06. 16

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19. 11. 15

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08. 10. 15

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30. 09. 15

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16. 09. 15

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15. 09. 15

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17. 08. 15

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19. 06. 15

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29. 04. 15

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14. 04. 15

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26. 02. 15

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09. 02. 15

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06. 11. 14

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29. 10. 14

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30. 09. 14

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26. 08. 14

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20. 08. 14

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14. 07. 14

FORT Partner takes Part in the Media Breakfast organized by the Ministry of Justice

05. 06. 14

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05. 06. 14

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19. 05. 14

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08. 05. 14

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06. 05. 14

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06. 05. 14

High valuation of FORT by international legal rating agency Legal 500

05. 05. 14

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15. 04. 14

Partner Rūta Radzevičiūtė participated in the live broadcast of LRT televizija (Lithuanian national television), giving her comments on personal data protection issues

02. 04. 14

New team of attorneys joins FORT

27. 03. 14

FORT Lawyer‘s Publication in Vienna Journal on International Constitutional Law

27. 03. 14

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17. 03. 14

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03. 03. 14

FORT Partners will speak at the international conference

26. 02. 14

FORT Law Office is a sponsor to a high profile pan-Baltic training event

10. 02. 14

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20. 01. 14

FORT Partner will speak at the Energy Efficiency Conference

11. 12. 13

The amount of the state fee is no longer dependent on how one submits its application

02. 12. 13

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25. 10. 13

Continuously high rankings in IFLR1000 2014

24. 10. 13

FORT Riga Attorneys-at-Law are included in Best Lawyers

27. 09. 13

Partner Sandis Bertaitis moderates international seminar

27. 05. 13

Attorney-at-Law Zita Zeidmane joins the team

20. 05. 13

Sandis Bertaitis participated in conference Civil Engineering ’13

08. 05. 13

Chambers Europe 2014 rankings

25. 02. 13

New partner in Riga office

02. 01. 13

Sandis Bertaitis Participates in Discussion about Renewable Energy Sources

01. 01. 13

Pan-Baltic co-operation

11. 12. 12

Partner Sandis Bertaitis attending Conference 2012 held by the Ombudsman

04. 12. 12

Jaana Nõgisto on principle of separation of powers and judicial protection of rights

21. 11. 12

We participate drafting a complaint to the European Commission about possible violations in the renewable energy sector

19. 11. 12

FORT attorneys recognised by Best Lawyers 2013

19. 11. 12

FORT attorneys recognised by Best Lawyers

22. 10. 12

IFLR1000 edition 2013 recognises law firm FORT

16. 10. 12

Authorisation by way of acceptance of conduct

11. 09. 12

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10. 07. 12

Right of security of the lessor

02. 07. 12

Reducing of the state fees

27. 05. 12

Client identification requirements now more flexible

24. 05. 12

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11. 05. 12

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23. 04. 12

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30. 03. 12

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29. 03. 12

Public Procurement seminar in cooperation with Äripäev

26. 03. 12

FORT supports start-ups

23. 03. 12

How to determine the characteristics to which the object of the sale agreement has to conform?

23. 02. 12

Andreas Veeret published an article in magazine

14. 02. 12

Office Manager Kadri Lensment joined FORT Tallinn

11. 02. 12

Law Office FORT is representing Estonian Academy of Arts in challenging the decision by Archimedes Foundation

02. 02. 12

Lay-off – who should be preferred?

30. 01. 12

Riigikogu supported Chancellor of Justice’s proposal to bring the Citizenship Act into comformity with the Constitution

24. 01. 12

Inadequate source document brings about an obligation to pay income tax

21. 01. 12

Gender Discrimination at the Work Place

19. 01. 12

New EU thresholds for public procurement

18. 01. 12

Conversion of the share capital into euro as of 2012; use of shares without nominal value

27. 12. 11

Effective resolution of consumer disputes

23. 12. 11

Lessor’s right of security over movables belonging to third parties

13. 12. 11

UNFCC members decided to launch a process of developing a binding protocol to reducing carbon emissions

01. 12. 11

Unemployment insurance premiums will not change in 2012

30. 11. 11

EU court ruled against web filters to block file sharing

24. 11. 11

Secondary insolvency proceedings

17. 11. 11

The Supreme Court declared void provisions of administrative court procedure

16. 11. 11

Kirsti Pent obtained the qualification of Attorney at Law

08. 11. 11

How to determine when the company has become insolvent?

05. 09. 11

Who’s Who Legal 2011 nominated Kuldar-Jaan Torokoff as leading public procurement lawyer