Key legal question
Whether Helvetia Nostra had standing to appeal
Extracted holding
Standing had to be recognized in light of the Federal Court's later case law on Art. 12 LPN and the direct applicability of Art. 75b Cst.
Extracted reasoning
The project concerned a task of the Confederation and fell within the scope of nature and landscape protection; the court relied on its principles judgments of 22 May 2013.