Monument classification annulled after original purpose disappeared

ATA/365/1998Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberJun 9, 1998Annulled

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Omnilex summary

The case concerns the monument protection classification of the building at 10 Place du Bourg-de-Four. The court held that the measure was no longer justified because the classification purpose, namely preventing the construction of an elevator, had ceased to exist. The Conseil d'État's order was therefore annulled.

Omnilex headnote

LPMNS art. 10; monument protection classification may be annulled when the factual purpose underlying the measure has ceased to exist. A protective designation must remain materially justified by the conservation interest it is meant to serve; if the decisive ground disappears, the administrative measure loses its legal basis and cannot be maintained.

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Descripteurs

PROCEDURE DE CLASSEMENT; PROTECTION DES MONUMENTS; BIEN-FONDS; CE

Normes

LPMNS.10

Résumé

Le classement du bâtiment 10 place du Bourg-de-Four n'est plus justifié dès lors que le motif du classement (interdiction de construire un ascenseur) n'existe plus. L'arrêté du CE doit ainsi être annulé.

Keywords

monument protectionclassificationadministrative annulmentproportionalityprotected building

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether the monument classification of the building at 10 Place du Bourg-de-Four remained justified.

Extracted holding

The classification was no longer justified because the reason for it, namely preventing the construction of an elevator, no longer existed.

Extracted reasoning

A protective measure must remain supported by the purpose that justified it; once that purpose disappears, the measure loses its basis.

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