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Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 3 April 2003. # SITA EcoService Nederland BV, formerly Verol Recycling Limburg BV v Minister van Volkshuisvesting, Ruimtelijke Ordening en Milieubeheer. # Reference for a preliminary ruling: Raad van State - Netherlands. # Environment - Waste - Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 - Directive 75/442/EEC - Treatment of waste in several stages - Use of waste as fuel in the cement industry and use of incineration residues as raw material in cement manufacture - Classification as a recovery operation or as a disposal operation - Concept of the use of waste principally as a fuel or other means to generate energy. # Case C-116/01.
Sentenza tal-Qorti tal-Ġustizzja (il-Ħames Awla) tat-3 ta' April 2003.
SITA EcoService Nederland BV, magħrufa qabel bħala Verol Recycling Limburg BV vs Minister van Volkshuisvesting, Ruimtelijke Ordening en Milieubeheer.
Talba għal deċiżjoni preliminari: Raad van State - l-Olanda.
Ambjent - Regolament (KEE) Nru 259/93 - Direttiva 75/442/KEE.
Kawża C-116/01.
Sentenza tal-Qorti tal-Ġustizzja (il-Ħames Awla) tat-3 ta' April 2003.
SITA EcoService Nederland BV, magħrufa qabel bħala Verol Recycling Limburg BV vs Minister van Volkshuisvesting, Ruimtelijke Ordening en Milieubeheer.
Talba għal deċiżjoni preliminari: Raad van State - l-Olanda.
Ambjent - Regolament (KEE) Nru 259/93 - Direttiva 75/442/KEE.
Kawża C-116/01.
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2003:193
«(Environment – Waste – Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 – Directive 75/442/EEC – Treatment of waste in several stages – Use of waste as fuel in the cement industry and use of incineration residues as raw material in cement manufacture – Classification as a recovery operation or as a disposal operation – Concept of the use of waste principally as a fuel or other means to generate energy)»
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( Council Regulation No 259/93; Council Directive 75/442)
( Council Regulation No 259/93; Council Directive 75/442)
( Council Directive 75/442, Annex IIA, point D10 and Annex IIB, point R1)
( Council Regulation No 259/93; Council Directive 75/442)
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Fifth Chamber)
3 April 2003 (1)
((Environment – Waste – Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 – Directive 75/442/EEC – Treatment of waste in several stages – Use of waste as fuel in the cement industry and use of incineration residues as raw material in cement manufacture – Classification as a recovery operation or as a disposal operation – Concept of the use of waste principally as a fuel or other means to generate energy))
In Case C-116/01, REFERENCE to the Court under Article 234 EC by the Raad van State (Netherlands) for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between SITA EcoService Nederland BV , formerly Verol Recycling Limburg BVand
Minister van Volkshuisvesting, Ruimtelijke Ordening en Milieubeheer , on the interpretation of Council Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 1975 on waste (OJ 1975 L 194, p. 39), as amended by Council Directive 91/156/EEC of 18 March 1991 (OJ 1991 L 78, p. 32) and Commission Decision 96/350/EC of 24 May 1996 (OJ 1996 L 135, p. 32),THE COURT (Fifth Chamber),,
after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of:
having regard to the Report for the Hearing,
after hearing the oral observations of the Netherlands Government, represented by N.A.J. Bel, acting as Agent; the United Kingdom Government, represented by D. Wyatt; and the Commission, represented by H. van Vliet, at the hearing on 19 September 2002,
after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 14 November 2002,
gives the following
On those grounds,
THE COURT (Fifth Chamber),
in answer to the question referred to it by the Raad van State by judgment of 13 March 2001, hereby rules:
Wathelet |
Timmermans |
La Pergola |
Jann |
Rosas |
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R. Grass |
M. Wathelet |
Registrar |
President of the Fifth Chamber |