CELEX: 62008CJ0248
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations
Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002
Articles 4(2)(a) and (c), 5(2)(c), 6(2)(b), 10 to 15, 17, 18 and 26
Animal by-products
Waste
Burial without prior treatment
Lack of official controls
Plants for the safe management of animal by-products
Operation
Lack of authorisation
Incineration of specified risk materials
No adequate process

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Breach of Articles 4(2), 5(2), 10 to 15, 17, 18 and 26 of Regulation (EC)
No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 October 2002 laying down health rules concerning animal by-products
not intended for human consumption (OJ 2002 L 273, p. 1) – Burial of animal by-products without prior treatment – Lack of
official controls.
Operative part:
The Court:
1.
Declares that, by not correctly applying and imposing Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 3 October 2002 laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption, in so far as
it regards burial in landfills without prior treatment, lack of official controls, authorisation of plants for the management
of animal by-products and incineration of specified risk materials, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations
under Articles 4(2)(a) and (c), 5(2)(c), 6(2)(b), 10 to 15, 17, 18 and 26 of Regulation No 1774/2002;
2.
Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.