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Document C2005/193/07

    Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 9 June 2005 in Case C-270/03: Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Environment — Management of waste — Directive 75/442/EEC as amended by Directive 91/156/EEC — Transport and collection of waste — Article 12)

    OJ C 193, 6.8.2005, p. 5–5 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    6.8.2005   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 193/5


    JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

    (Third Chamber)

    of 9 June 2005

    in Case C-270/03: Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic (1)

    (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Environment - Management of waste - Directive 75/442/EEC as amended by Directive 91/156/EEC - Transport and collection of waste - Article 12)

    (2005/C 193/07)

    Language of the case: Italian

    In Case C-270/03, Commission of the European Communities (Agents: L. Visaggio and R. Amorosi) v Italian Republic (Agents: I.M. Braguglia and M. Fiorilli) brought on 23 June 2003 — failure to fulfil obligations under Article 226 EC — the Court (Third Chamber), composed of A. Rosas, President of the Chamber, J. P. Puissochet (Rapporteur), S. von Bahr, J. Malenovský and U. Lõhmus, Judges; C. Stix-Hackl, Advocate General; L. Hewlett, Principal Administrator for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 9 June 2005, in which it:

    1.

    Declares that, by permitting undertakings, in accordance with Article 30(4) of Decree-Law No 22 of 5 February 1997 implementing Directive 91/156/EEC on waste, Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste and Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste, as amended by Article 1(19) of Law No 426 of 9 December 1998:

    to collect and transport their own non-hazardous waste, as a normal and regular activity, without being required to be entered in the Albo nazionale delle imprese esercenti servizi di smaltimento rifiuti (national register of undertakings carrying out waste-disposal services) and

    to transport their own hazardous waste in quantities not exceeding 30 kg and 30 l per day, without being required to be entered in that register,

    the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 12 of Council Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 1975 on waste, as amended by Council Directive 91/156/EEC of 18 March 1991;

    2.

    Orders the Italian Republic to pay the costs.


    (1)  OJ C 200 of 23.08.2003.


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