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Subject-matter

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Non-compliance with the judgment of the Court of 29 October 2009 in Case C-188/08 Commission v Ireland, concerning infringement of Articles 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of Council Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 1975 on waste (OJ 1975 L 194, p. 39), as amended by Council Directive 91/156/EEC of 18 March 1991(OJ 1991 L 78, p. 32), as regards domestic waste waters discharged through septic tanks – Waste not covered by other legislation – Application for the imposition of a periodic penalty payment and the payment of a lump sum

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 226 : paragraph 5
• TFEU, Article 260 : paragraph 47
• TFEU, Article 260 -P1 : paragraphs 19, 21, 23
• TFEU, Article 260 -P2 : paragraphs 18, 46
• TFEU, Article 260 -P2L2 : paragraph 32
• Directive 75/442 : paragraph 1
• Directive 75/442 -A02 : paragraph 38
• Directive 75/442 -A04 : paragraphs 2, 5, 42
• Directive 75/442 -A08 : paragraphs 3, 5, 42
• Directive 75/442 -A13 : paragraph 4
• Directive 91/156 : paragraph 1
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -316/00 : paragraph 49
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -278/01 : paragraph 21
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -396/01 : paragraph 49
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -282/02 : paragraph 49
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -304/02 : paragraph 46
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -121/07 : paragraph 51
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -369/07 : paragraphs 48, 50
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -188/08 : paragraphs 1, 6, 20, 32, 34, 35, 38 - 40, 42, 43, 45, 49
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -407/09 : paragraph 39
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -496/09 : paragraphs 33, 35 - 37
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -610/10 : paragraphs 19, 33, 35, 43, 46 - 48
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -279/11 : paragraph 44
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -374/11 : paragraph 22

Operative part

• Reference : TFEU, Article 260 -P1
• Reference : Directive 75/442 -A04
• Reference : Directive 75/442 -A08
• Reference : Court of Justice - Judgment C -188/08

Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 13/07/2011

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

19/12/2012

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 282 from 24.09.2011, p.13

Judgment: OJ C 46 from 16.02.2013, p.9

Name of the parties

Commission v Ireland

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Rigaux, Anne: Sanctions pécuniaires du manquement. Confirmations et innovations dans la mise en oeuvre jurisprudentielles des sanctions pécuniaires du manquement, Europe 2013 Février Comm. nº 2 p.20-21 (FR)
2. Coutron, Laurent: Lisbonne, la crise économique et le manquement sur manquement : première démarque sur les sanctions pécuniaires !, Revue trimestrielle de droit européen 2013, n° 2, p. 321-325 (FR)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

• Provisions governing the institutions
  
• Environment
  
• - Waste
  

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

quatrième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Bonichot

Advocate General

Kokott

Language(s) of the Case

• English
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

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