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Case C-481/22: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 25 January 2024 — European Commission v Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 98/83/EC — Quality of water intended for human consumption — Article 4(1) — Obligation on Member States to take the measures necessary to ensure that water intended for human consumption is wholesome and clean — Annex I, Part B — Exceedance of limit values for concentrations of trihalomethanes in drinking water — Article 8(2) — Obligation on Member States to take the necessary remedial action as soon as possible to restore the quality of the water and to give priority to their enforcement action)
Case C-481/22: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 25 January 2024 — European Commission v Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 98/83/EC — Quality of water intended for human consumption — Article 4(1) — Obligation on Member States to take the measures necessary to ensure that water intended for human consumption is wholesome and clean — Annex I, Part B — Exceedance of limit values for concentrations of trihalomethanes in drinking water — Article 8(2) — Obligation on Member States to take the necessary remedial action as soon as possible to restore the quality of the water and to give priority to their enforcement action)
Case C-481/22: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 25 January 2024 — European Commission v Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 98/83/EC — Quality of water intended for human consumption — Article 4(1) — Obligation on Member States to take the measures necessary to ensure that water intended for human consumption is wholesome and clean — Annex I, Part B — Exceedance of limit values for concentrations of trihalomethanes in drinking water — Article 8(2) — Obligation on Member States to take the necessary remedial action as soon as possible to restore the quality of the water and to give priority to their enforcement action)
OJ C, C/2024/1827, 11.3.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1827/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
Official Journal |
EN Series C |
C/2024/1827 |
11.3.2024 |
Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 25 January 2024 — European Commission v Ireland
(Case C-481/22) (1)
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 98/83/EC - Quality of water intended for human consumption - Article 4(1) - Obligation on Member States to take the measures necessary to ensure that water intended for human consumption is wholesome and clean - Annex I, Part B - Exceedance of limit values for concentrations of trihalomethanes in drinking water - Article 8(2) - Obligation on Member States to take the necessary remedial action as soon as possible to restore the quality of the water and to give priority to their enforcement action)
(C/2024/1827)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: European Commission (represented by: L. Armati and E. Sanfrutos Cano, acting as Agents)
Defendant: Ireland (represented by: M. Browne, Chief State Solicitor, A. Joyce and M. Tierney, acting as Agents, and by C. Donnelly, Senior Counsel, and D. Fennelly, Barrister-at-Law)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. |
Declares that Ireland,
has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 4(1) of Directive 98/83, in conjunction with Part B of Annex I to that directive, and Article 8(2) of that directive; |
2. |
Orders Ireland to pay the costs. |
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1827/oj
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