CELEX: 62005CJ0452
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations
Pollution and nuisance
Urban waste-water treatment

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Incorrect application of Article 5(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 being unable to prove that the minimum percentage of reduction of the overall load entering all water-treatment
plants is at least 75% for total nitrogen, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article
5(4) of Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste-water treatment;
2.
Orders the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to pay the costs.