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Subject-matter

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Infringement of Arts. 3(1) and (2), 4(1) and (3) and 10 of Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste water treatment (OJ 1991 L 135, p. 40) and of Annex I (A) and (B) thereto – Failure to have ensured the appropriate treatment of urban waste water from several suburbs of London (Whitburn, Beckton, Crossness and Mogden)

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• TFEU, Article 191 : paragraph 49
• TFEU, Article 258 : paragraph 70
• TEU, Article 4 -P3 : paragraph 70
• TEU, Article 17 -P1 : paragraph 71
• Directive 91/271 : paragraphs 47 - 94
• Directive 91/271 -A01 : paragraphs 2, 47
• Directive 91/271 -A02 : paragraph 3
• Directive 91/271 -A03 : paragraphs 1, 4, 55, 74, 76, 83, 84, 88, 92, 93, 95
• Directive 91/271 -A04 : paragraphs 1, 5, 55, 84, 88, 92, 95
• Directive 91/271 -A10 : paragraphs 1, 6, 49, 50, 88, 95
• Directive 91/271 -N1 : paragraphs 49, 55 - 61
• Directive 91/271 -N1PTA : paragraphs 1, 7, 8, 49, 62, 63, 76, 83, 88, 93, 95
• Directive 91/271 -N1PTB : paragraphs 1, 9, 84, 95
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -494/01 : paragraphs 70 - 72
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -280/02 : paragraphs 47, 48
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -27/03 : paragraph 91
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -293/05 : paragraph 66
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -390/07 : paragraphs 70 - 72, 74
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -530/07 : paragraphs 51, 70
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -335/07 : paragraph 70
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -343/10 : paragraphs 51, 74

Operative part

• Reference : Directive 91/271 -A03P1
• Reference : Directive 91/271 -A03P2
• Reference : Directive 91/271 -A04P1
• Reference : Directive 91/271 -A04P3
• Reference : Directive 91/271 -A10
• Reference : Directive 91/271 -N1PTA
• Reference : Directive 91/271 -N1PTB

Opinion

• Directive 91/271 : points 1, 60
  
• Directive 91/271 -A02PT6 : point 3
  
• Directive 91/271 -A02PT7 : point 27
  
• Directive 91/271 -A03 : points 2 - 5, 115
  
• Directive 91/271 -A04 : points 2, 4 - 6, 115
  
• Directive 91/271 -A10 : points 2, 31 - 34, 115
  
• Directive 91/271 -N1 : points 2, 7, 27, 37 - 46, 53
  
• Directive 91/271 -N1PTA : points 7, 8, 115
  
• Directive 91/271 -N1PTB : points 8, 115
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -372/88 : point 45
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -119/02 : point 110
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -280/02 : point 26
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -27/03 : point 110
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -293/05 : points 60, 110
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -455/05 : point 45
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -335/07 : points 65, 101
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -390/07 : point 65
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -438/07 : points 65, 99
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -530/07 : point 32
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -451/08 : point 45
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -343/10 : point 32
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 16/06/2010

Date of the Opinion

• 26/01/2012

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

18/10/2012

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 246 from 11.09.2010, p.21

Judgment: OJ C 379 from 08.12.2012, p.2

Name of the parties

Commission v United Kingdom

Notes on Academic Writings

Information not available

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Information not available

Subject-matter

• Environment
  
• - Pollution
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Action for a declaration of failure to fulfil obligations : application granted
  

Formation of the Court

première chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Borg Barthet

Advocate General

Mengozzi

Language(s) of the Case

• English
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• Italian