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Document C2005/006/14
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 18 November 2004 in Case C-420/02: Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Unlawful deposit of waste at the‘Pera Galini’ site — Directive 75/442/EEC on waste, as amended by Directive 91/156/EEC — Articles 4 and 9)
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 18 November 2004 in Case C-420/02: Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Unlawful deposit of waste at the‘Pera Galini’ site — Directive 75/442/EEC on waste, as amended by Directive 91/156/EEC — Articles 4 and 9)
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 18 November 2004 in Case C-420/02: Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Unlawful deposit of waste at the‘Pera Galini’ site — Directive 75/442/EEC on waste, as amended by Directive 91/156/EEC — Articles 4 and 9)
OJ C 6, 8.1.2005, p. 9–9
(ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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8.1.2005 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 6/9 |
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(First Chamber)
of 18 November 2004
in Case C-420/02: Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic (1)
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Unlawful deposit of waste at the ‘Pera Galini’ site - Directive 75/442/EEC on waste, as amended by Directive 91/156/EEC - Articles 4 and 9)
(2005/C 6/14)
Language of the case: Greek
In Case C-420/02: action under Article 226 EC for failure to fulfil obligations, brought on 21 November 2002, between Commission of the European Communities (Agent: M. Konstantinidis) and Hellenic Republic (Agent: E. Skandalou) — the Court (First Chamber), composed of: P. Jann, President of the Chamber, R. Silva de Lapuerta (Rapporteur), K. Lenaerts, S. von Bahr and K. Schiemann, Judges; L.A. Geelhoed, Advocate General; M. Múgica Arzamendi, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 18 November 2004, in which it:
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Declares that, by failing to take the necessary measures to ensure that waste deposited at the ‘Pera Galini’ site in the prefecture of Heraklion will be recovered or disposed of without endangering human health, without risk to water, air, soil, plants and animals and without causing a nuisance through noise or odours, and by granting a permit to operate that installation which does not contain the necessary information, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 4 and 9 of Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste, as amended by Council Directive 91/156/EEC; |
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Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs. |