TY - JOUR TI - The Role of National Courts in Enforcing EU Law Standards of Environmental Protection AU - Sikora, Alicja TI - The Role of National Courts in Enforcing EU Law Standards of Environmental Protection AB - This paper examines the role of national courts in the field of environmental protection and the importance of the preliminary ruling procedure for the legal protection of individuals, or more broadly for the enforcement of EU environmental standards, in the light of recent case law of the Court of Justice. The special responsibility that national judges bear in the process of interpretation, control of legality and enforcement of environmental law norms reflects both the evolution and transformation of environmental protection in the system of EU law on the constitutional grounds, and the consequence of the specificity of the instruments of EU procedural law and EU substantive law, including the content of the Charter of Fundamental Rights. VL - 2021 IS - 2021 (7) PY - 2021 SN - 2449-7797 C1 - 2449-7800 SP - 144 EP - 164 DO - 10.4467/24497800RAP.21.008.14824 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/rocznik-administracji-publicznej/article/rola-sadow-krajowych-w-egzekwowaniu-unijnych-norm-prawa-ochrony-srodowiska KW - EU system of legal protection KW - access to justice KW - preliminary rulings KW - environmental protection KW - fundamental rights