CELEX: 62007CJ0233
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations
Environment
Directive 91/271/EEC
Urban waste water treatment
Decision 2001/720/EC
Derogation regarding urban waste water treatment for the agglomeration of the Estoril coast
Infringement of Articles 2, 3 and 5 of Decision 2001/720/EC

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Infringement of Articles 2, 3 and 5 of the Commission Decision of 8 October
2001 granting Portugal a derogation regarding urban waste water treatment for the agglomeration of the Estoril coast (OJ 2001
L 269, p. 14).
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Declares that the Portuguese Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 2, 3 and 5 of Commission Decision
2001/720/EC of 8 October 2001 granting Portugal a derogation regarding urban waste water treatment for the agglomeration of
the Estoril coast, by
–        failing to subject, during the bathing season, the urban waste water from the agglomeration of the Estoril coast, prior to
discharge into the sea, to at least advanced primary treatment and to a disinfection system in accordance with Article 2 of
that decision,
–        failing to subject, outside the bathing season, the urban waste water from the agglomeration of the Estoril coast, prior to
discharge, to at least primary treatment in accordance with Article 3 of that decision, and
–        allowing the discharge of urban waste water from the agglomeration of the Estoril coast to produce adverse effects on the
environment;
2.
Orders the Portuguese Republic to pay the costs.