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Document 62019CJ0248
Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 5 March 2020.
European Commission v Republic of Cyprus.
Failure of Member State to fulfil obligations – Article 258 TFEU – Directive 91/271/EEC – Treatment of urban waste water – Articles 3, 4, 10 and 15 – Annex I, points A, B and D – No collecting systems for urban waste water in certain agglomerations – No secondary or equivalent treatment of urban waste water – Construction and operation of treatment plants – Control of discharges from such plants.
Case C-248/19.
Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 5 March 2020.
European Commission v Republic of Cyprus.
Failure of Member State to fulfil obligations – Article 258 TFEU – Directive 91/271/EEC – Treatment of urban waste water – Articles 3, 4, 10 and 15 – Annex I, points A, B and D – No collecting systems for urban waste water in certain agglomerations – No secondary or equivalent treatment of urban waste water – Construction and operation of treatment plants – Control of discharges from such plants.
Case C-248/19.
Court reports – general
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2020:171
Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 5 March 2020 – Commission v Cyprus (Collection and treatment of urban waste water)
(Case C‑248/19) ( 1 )
(Failure of Member State to fulfil obligations – Article 258 TFEU – Directive 91/271/EEC – Treatment of urban waste water – Articles 3, 4, 10 and 15 – Annex I, points A, B and D – No collecting systems for urban waste water in certain agglomerations – No secondary or equivalent treatment of urban waste water – Construction and operation of treatment plants – Control of discharges from such plants)
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Environment – Urban waste-water treatment – Directive 91/271 – Submission to secondary treatment of urban waste waters entering collection systems – None – Failure to fulfil obligations – National system pleaded as justification – Not permissible (Council Directive 91/271, Arts 3, 4 and 10 and Annex I, point B) (see paras 27, 31, 36-39, 43) |
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Environment – Urban waste-water treatment – Directive 91/271 – Ensure, in relation to discharges, compliance over time with the quality requirements from the entry into operation of the treatment plant – None – Failure to fulfil obligations (Council Directive 91/271, Art. 15(1), first indent and Annex I, points B and D) (see paras 41, 42) |
Operative part
The Court:
1. |
Declares that the Republic of Cyprus, by failing:
has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 3, 4, 10 and 15 of and Annex I, points A, B and D, to Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste water treatment, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1137/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008. |
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Orders the Republic of Cyprus to pay the costs. |
( 1 ) OJ C 213, 24.6.2019.