CELEX: 62005CJ0219
Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations
Directive 91/271/EEC
Pollution and nuisance
-Treatment of urban waste water-Agglomeration of Sueca, its coastal districts and certain municipalities of La Ribera
Discharge in a sensitive area without treatment

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Infringement of Articles 3, 4 and 5(2) of Council Directive 91/271/EEC of
21 May 1991 concerning urban waste water treatment (OJ 1991 L 135, p. 40) – Urban waste water of Sueca, its coastal agglomerations
and certain municipalities of La Ribera – Discharge in a sensitive area without adequate treatment.
Operative part
The Court:

Declares that, by failing to take the measures necessary to ensure that, by 31 December 1998, the urban waste water of the
agglomeration of Sueca, its coastal districts (El Perelló, Les Palmeres, Mareny de Barrequetes, Playa del Rey and Boga de
Mar) and also certain municipalities of the region of La Ribera (Benifaió, Sollano and Almussafes) is treated appropriately
before being discharged in an area declared sensitive, the Kingdom of Spain has failed to fulfil its obligations under the
second paragraph of Article 3(1) and Article 5(2) of Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste water
treatment, the latter provision being read together with Article 4(4) of that directive;

Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs.