MADRID (Reuters) -The European Court of Justice ruled on Friday the rights to public consultation were not violated in a dispute brought by environmental groups over the construction of wind farms in the Spanish northwestern region of Galicia.
Developers of wind parks in the region, regional authorities and rural communities opposing the projects eagerly awaited the ruling.
The decision affects dozens of wind projects, worth billions of euros in investments, that were approved by the regional government and then halted by the highest regional court after locals and environmental groups filed hundreds of lawsuits.
Last year, the Galician court asked the European Court of Justice to rule on whether Galician and Spanish laws comply with EU access to information rules in the permitting process.
(Reporting by Pietro Lombardi and Inti Landauro; Editing by David Latona)
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