CELEX: 62009CJ0534
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations
Directive 2008/1/EC
Pollution prevention and control
Requirements for the granting of permits for existing installations

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Infringement of Article 5(1) of Directive 2008/1/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 15 January 2008 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (OJ 2008 L 24, p. 8) – Requirements
for the granting of permits for existing installations – Obligation to ensure that such installations operate in accordance
with the requirements of the directive.
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Declares that, by failing to take the necessary measures to ensure that the competent national authorities see to it, by means
of permits in accordance with Articles 6 and 8 of Directive 2008/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15
January 2008 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (Codified version) or, as appropriate, by reconsidering
and, where necessary, by updating the conditions, that existing installations operate in accordance with the requirements
of Articles 3, 7, 9, 10 and 13, Article 14(a) and (b) and Article 15(2) of that directive, not later than 30 October 2007,
without prejudice to specific Community legislation, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article
5(1) of that directive;
2.
Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.