Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 25 June 2020.#A and Others v Gewestelijke stedenbouwkundige ambtenaar van het departement Ruimte Vlaanderen, afdeling Oost-Vlaanderen.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad voor Vergunningsbetwistingen.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2001/42/EC — Environmental impact assessment — Development consent for the installation of wind turbines — Article 2(a) — Concept of ‘plans and programmes’ — Conditions for granting consent laid down by an order and a circular — Article 3(2)(a) — National instruments setting the framework for future development consent of projects — Absence of environmental assessment — Maintenance of the effects of national instruments, and consents granted on the basis of those instruments, after those instruments have been declared not to comply with EU law