Reports of Cases

2008 I-00078*

Pub somm

Subject-matter

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Partial, incorrect or inexistent transposition of Article 2(2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (9), (10) and (11), Article 3, Article 5, Article 6(1), Article 8, Article 9(3), (4), (5) and (6), Article 10, Article 12(2), Article 13(1) and (2), Article 14, Article 17(2) of Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control, and Annex I and Annex IV thereto (OJ 1996 L 257, p. 26) – Lack of correspondence between the material scope of application of those measures and that of the Directive – Over-wide power of assessment given to the regional authorities with regard to the operating permits and the situations in which the conditions of the permit must be re-assessed and/or updated

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• Directive 96/61 -A02PT2 : paragraphs 1, 10, 16
• Directive 96/61 -A02PT3 : paragraphs 1, 10, 16
• Directive 96/61 -A02PT4 : paragraphs 1, 10, 16
• Directive 96/61 -A02PT5 : paragraphs 1, 10, 16
• Directive 96/61 -A02PT6 : paragraphs 1, 10, 16
• Directive 96/61 -A02PT7 : paragraphs 1, 10, 16
• Directive 96/61 -A02PT9 : paragraphs 1, 10, 16
• Directive 96/61 -A02PT10LB : paragraphs 1, 10, 16
• Directive 96/61 -A02PT11 : paragraphs 1, 10, 16
• Directive 96/61 -A03 : paragraphs 1, 10, 16
• Directive 96/61 -A05 : paragraphs 1, 10, 16
• Directive 96/61 -A06P1 : paragraphs 1, 10, 16
• Directive 96/61 -A08 : paragraphs 1, 10, 16
• Directive 96/61 -A09P3 : paragraphs 1, 10, 16
• Directive 96/61 -A09P4 : paragraphs 1, 10, 16
• Directive 96/61 -A09P5 : paragraphs 1, 10, 16
• Directive 96/61 -A09P6 : paragraphs 1, 10, 16
• Directive 96/61 -A10 : paragraphs 1, 10, 16
• Directive 96/61 -A12P2 : paragraphs 1, 10, 16
• Directive 96/61 -A13 : paragraph 10
• Directive 96/61 -A13P1 : paragraphs 1, 10, 16
• Directive 96/61 -A13P2 : paragraphs 1, 16
• Directive 96/61 -A14 : paragraphs 1, 10, 16
• Directive 96/61 -A17P2 : paragraphs 1, 11
• Directive 96/61 -N1 : paragraphs 1, 16
• Directive 96/61 -N1PT3.4 : paragraph 10
• Directive 96/61 -N1PT3.5 : paragraph 10
• Directive 96/61 -N1PT6.4LB : paragraph 10
• Directive 96/61 -N4 : paragraphs 1, 10, 16
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -23/05 : paragraph 13
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -340/07 : paragraph 13

Operative part

• Reference : Directive 96/61 -A02PT2
• Reference : Directive 96/61 -A02PT3
• Reference : Directive 96/61 -A02PT4
• Reference : Directive 96/61 -A02PT5
• Reference : Directive 96/61 -A02PT6
• Reference : Directive 96/61 -A02PT7
• Reference : Directive 96/61 -A02PT9
• Reference : Directive 96/61 -A02PT10
• Reference : Directive 96/61 -A02PT11
• Reference : Directive 96/61 -A03
• Reference : Directive 96/61 -A05
• Reference : Directive 96/61 -A06P1
• Reference : Directive 96/61 -A08
• Reference : Directive 96/61 -A09P3
• Reference : Directive 96/61 -A09P4
• Reference : Directive 96/61 -A09P5
• Reference : Directive 96/61 -A09P6
• Reference : Directive 96/61 -A10
• Reference : Directive 96/61 -A12P2
• Reference : Directive 96/61 -A13P1
• Reference : Directive 96/61 -A13P2
• Reference : Directive 96/61 -A14
• Reference : Directive 96/61 -N1
• Reference : Directive 96/61 -N4

Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 07/06/2007

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

20/05/2008

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 211 from 08.09.2007, p.13

Judgment: OJ C 171 from 05.07.2008, p.10

Name of the parties

Commission v Belgium

Notes on Academic Writings

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Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

• Environment
  
• - Pollution
  

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

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

Formation of the Court

sixième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Toader

Advocate General

Poiares Maduro

Language(s) of the Case

• French
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

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