CELEX: 62009CJ0258
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations
Directive 2008/1/EC
integrated pollution prevention and control
Failure to transpose within the prescribed period

Failure to adopt or communicate, within the prescribed period, the measures necessary to comply, in the Walloon Region, with
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) – Existing installations liable to have an effect on emissions into
the air, water and soil and on pollution.
Operative Part:
The Court:
1.
Declares that, by authorising, in the Walloon Region, the operation of existing installations that do not comply with the
requirements laid down in Articles 3, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14(a) and (b) and 15(2) of Directive 2008/1/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 15 January 2008 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control, despite the time‑limit of 30
October 2007 as laid down in Article 5(1) of that directive, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under
the directive;
2.
Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs.