Question juridique clé
Whether the opponents could challenge the airport concession and invoke Article 6(1) ECHR
Solution extraite
The concession itself was not open to a separate challenge by neighboring opponents; their objections had to be raised in the operating-regulations procedure, and no Article 6(1) ECHR violation resulted.
Motifs extraits
The concession and the operating regulations serve different functions. The concession does not regulate air traffic; that is done by the operating regulations. Since the opponents were able to raise all relevant objections in the planning and operating-regulations proceedings, the absence of an appeal against the concession did not deprive them of judicial protection.