Pauline van Aardenne
Senior associate
Pauline specialises in spatial planning law, administrative law and environmental law. Her practice has a strong focus on industry, especially heavy industry. She knows the rules of the playing field on which these companies operate and the risks they face. She closely follows the developments these companies have to take into account.
Working in the areas of law
Experience
She supervised
an extensive revision permit process for a large chemical concern, including the correct implementation of BAT conclusions;
She supervised
various enforcement procedures (relating to the failure of internal safety procedures) against a company that stores large quantities of flammable liquids, initiated by an environmental department and the SZW Inspectorate after a BRZO inspection;
She litigated
against the ex officio amendment of an environmental permit, in which emission limit values were imposed on a waste processing company that could not, although in accordance with the relevant BAT conclusions, be achieved by the company for technical and financial reasons;
She has conducted
enforcement proceedings after the discharge of hazardous substances into surface water;
She has advised
on whether a subsidy could be granted for remediation measures that go beyond what the Soil Protection Act required;
She advised
on the structuring of an environmental permit for various companies carrying out their activities in a single territory;
She advised
on the authorisation processes for substances of very high concern on the basis of the REACH regulation and on whether a downstream user could obtain an extension pending the authorisation process.
Memberships
- Member of the Administrative Law Association (VAR)
- Member of the Environmental Law Association (VM)