Request for a preliminary ruling from the Svea hovrätt, Mark- och miljööverdomstolen (Sweden) lodged on 22 March 2024 – Naturvårdsverket v IC

(Case C-222/24, Naturvårdsverket)

Language of the case: Swedish

Referring court

Svea hovrätt, Mark- och miljööverdomstolen

Parties to the main proceedings

Appellant: Naturvårdsverket

Respondent: IC

Questions referred

Does a take-back under Article 24(2)(c) of the Waste Shipment Regulation ¹ include a requirement or possibility for the authority of dispatch to recover or dispose of the waste after take-back, where a notification and a movement document stating how the waste is to be treated in the country of destination have been drawn up for the return shipment?

Under what circumstances may Article 24(2)(d) be applied by the authority of dispatch to recover or dispose of the waste in an illegal shipment of waste in the country of dispatch? How does point (d) relate to point (c), for example may take-back and recovery/disposal be effected pursuant to points (c) and (d) together or does the application of one point require that the procedure under the immediately preceding point has not been possible?

If Article 24(2) of the Waste Shipment Regulation may be interpreted as meaning that, following take-back, the authority of dispatch has the ultimate power of disposal over the waste, even where the original sender wishes to regain the waste, is such an interpretation compatible with the protection of property under Article 17 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and Article 1 of the Additional Protocol to the European Convention?

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¹ Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste (OJ 2006 L 190, p. 1).