Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 17 December 2020

CLCV and Others (Defeat device on diesel engines)

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juge d'instruction du tribunal de grande instance de Paris

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Approximation of laws – Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 – Article 3(10) – Article 5(2) – Defeat device – Motor vehicles – Diesel engines – Pollutant emissions – Programme acting on the electronic engine controller – Technologies and strategies to limit the production of pollutant emissions

Case C-693/18


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Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
29/01/2021 CLCV and Others (Dispositif d’invalidation sur moteur diesel)
Environment
- Pollution
  • Environment
  • - Pollution
  • Transport
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2020:1040		 17/12/2020 CLCV and Others (Dispositif d’invalidation sur moteur diesel)
Environment
- Pollution
  • Environment
  • - Pollution
  • Transport
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
15/02/2019 CLCV and Others (Dispositif d’invalidation sur moteur diesel)
Environment
- Pollution
  • Environment
  • - Pollution
  • Transport
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Request for a preliminary ruling
29/10/2018 CLCV and Others (Dispositif d’invalidation sur moteur diesel)
Environment
- Pollution
  • Environment
  • - Pollution
  • Transport
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2020:323		 30/04/2020 CLCV and Others (Dispositif d’invalidation sur moteur diesel)
Environment
- Pollution
  • Environment
  • - Pollution
  • Transport
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
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Reports of Cases

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Subject-matter

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Systematic classification scheme

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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.16 Technical standards and regulations
      4.11.16.00 General
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.23 Environment, sustainable development and climate
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.16 Technical standards and regulations
      4.11.16.00 General
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.23 Environment, sustainable development and climate
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.16 Technical standards and regulations
      4.11.16.00 General
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.23 Environment, sustainable development and climate
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.16 Technical standards and regulations
      4.11.16.00 General
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.23 Environment, sustainable development and climate


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 29/10/2018

Date of the Opinion

  • 30/04/2020

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

17/12/2020


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Information not available

Name of the parties

CLCV and Others (Dispositif d’invalidation sur moteur diesel)

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Rigaux, Anne ; Simon, Denys: Environnement - Émissions des véhicules, Europe 2021, nº 2 Février, comm. 72 (FR)
  2. Will, Martin: Unionsrechtswidrigkeit von Diesel-Abschalteinrichtungen, Neue juristische Wochenschrift 2021 p. 1199-1202 (DE)
  3. Schröder, Meinhard: Urteil v. 17. 12. 2020 – C-693/18 : Anmerkung, Juristenzeitung 2021 p. 782-784 (DE)
  4. Thieffry, Patrick: Le Dieselgate, rare rencontre du droit international privé et de l'environnement en aval des mines de potasse d'Alsace, Revue trimestrielle de droit européen 2021, n° 1, p. 220-222 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Juge d'instruction du tribunal de grande instance de Paris - France

Subject-matter

  • Environment
  • - Pollution
  • Transport

Provisions of national law referred to

Code de la consommation, Article L. 213-1, 19/09/2000 Article L. 213-2, 26/07/1993 Article L. 213-1, L. 213-2, 17/03/2014

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

deuxième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Xuereb

Advocate General

Sharpston

Language(s) of the Case

  • French

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French