CELEX: 62009CJ0526
Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations
Environment
Directive 91/271/EEC
Urban waste-water treatment
Article 11(1) and (2)
Discharge of industrial waste water into collecting systems and urban waste water treatment plants
Subject to prior regulations and/or specific authorisations
Lack of authorisation

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Infringement of Article 11(1) and (2) of Council Directive 91/271/EEC of
21 May 1991 concerning urban waste-water treatment (OJ 1991 L 135, p. 40) – Licence to discharge waste water – ‘Estação de
Serviço Sobritos’.
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Declares that, by permitting the discharge of industrial waste water from the industrial site of Estação de Serviço Sobritos
Lda, situated in the Matosinhos urban area, without adequate authorisation to that effect, the Portuguese Republic has failed
to fulfil its obligations under Article 11(1) and (2) of Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste-water
treatment;
2.
Orders the Portuguese Republic to pay the costs.