CELEX: 62007CJ0530
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations
Directive 91/271/EEC
Pollution and nuisance
Urban waste water treatment
Articles 3 and 4

Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations – Failure to adopt within the prescribed period the measures necessary
to comply with Articles 3 and 4 of Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste-water treatment (OJ
1991 L 135, p. 40)
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Declares that, by failing to provide, in accordance with the provisions of Article 3 of Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21
May 1991 concerning urban waste water treatment, the agglomerations of Bacia do Rio Uima (Fiães S. Jorge), Costa de Aveiro,
Covilhã, Espinho/Feira, Ponta Delgada, Póvoa de Varzim/Vila do Conde and Santa Cita with collection systems, and by failing
to subject to secondary treatment or an equivalent treatment, in accordance with Article 4 of that directive, the urban waste
water from the agglomerations of Alverca, Bacio do Rio Uima (Fiães S. Jorge), Carvoeiro, Costa de Aveiro, Costa Oeste, Covilhã,
Lisbon, Matosinhos, Milfontes, Nazaré/Famalicão, Ponta Delgada, Póvoa de Varzim/Vila do Conde, Santa Cita, Vila Franca de
Xira and Vila Real de Santo António, the Portuguese Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 3 and 4 of
that directive;
2.
Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
3.
Orders the Portuguese Republic to pay the costs.