CELEX: 62005CJ0405
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations
Directive 91/271/EEC
Pollution and nuisance
Lack of measures to ensure the adequate treatment of urban waste water from a number of agglomerations

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Infringement of Article 4(1) and (3) of Council Directive 91/271/EEC of
21 May 1991 concerning urban waste‑water treatment (OJ 1991 L 135, p. 40) – Failure to ensure adequate treatment of urban
waste water from a number of agglomerations.
Operative part
The Court:

Declares that, by failing to take the measures necessary to ensure that adequate treatment was provided for urban waste waters
from the agglomerations of Bangor, Brighton, Broadstairs, Carrickfergus, Coleraine, Donaghadee, Larne, Lerwick, Londonderry,
Margate, Newtownabbey, Omagh and Portrush by 31 December 2000 at the latest, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 4(1) and (3) of Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning
urban waste-water treatment.

Orders the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to pay the costs.