# C_2018134EN.01000601.xml

| 16.4.2018 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 134/6 |
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Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 22 February 2018 — European Commission v Republic of Poland

(Case C-336/16)( 1 )

((Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2008/50/EC - Ambient air quality - Article 13(1) - Article 22(3) - Annex XI - Concentration of particulate matter PM10 in ambient air - Exceedance of limit values in certain zones and agglomerations - Article 23(1) - Air quality plans - Exceedance period ‘as short as possible’ - Absence of appropriate actions in ambient air quality protection programmes - Incorrect transposition))

(2018/C 134/07)

Language of the case: Polish

Parties

Applicant: European Commission (represented by: K. Herrmann, K. Petersen and E. Manhaeve, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Republic of Poland (represented by: B. Majczyna, D. Krawczyk and K. Majcher, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

| 1. | The Republic of Poland has failed to fulfil its obligations under, respectively, Article 13(1), in conjunction with Annex XI, the second subparagraph of Article 23(1), and Article 22(3) of, in conjunction with Annex XI to, Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe, for the following reasons:
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since 2007 and up to 2015 inclusive, the daily limit values for particulate matter PM10 concentrations were exceeded in 35 zones for the assessment and management of ambient air quality and the annual limit values for particulate matter PM10 concentrations were exceeded in 9 zones for the assessment and management of ambient air quality; —
no appropriate measures have been incorporated in ambient air quality programmes to ensure that the exceedance period of particulate matter PM10 concentrations limit values is kept as short as possible; —
the daily limit values for particulate matter PM10 concentrations in ambient air, increased by the margin of tolerance, were exceeded from 1 January 2010 to 10 June 2011 in the Radom, Pruszków-Żyrardów, Kędzierzyn-Koźle zones, as well as from 1 January 2011 to 10 June 2011 in the Ostrów-Kępno zone; and —
the second subparagraph of Article 23(1) of Directive 2008/50 was not correctly implemented. | — | since 2007 and up to 2015 inclusive, the daily limit values for particulate matter PM10 concentrations were exceeded in 35 zones for the assessment and management of ambient air quality and the annual limit values for particulate matter PM10 concentrations were exceeded in 9 zones for the assessment and management of ambient air quality; | — | no appropriate measures have been incorporated in ambient air quality programmes to ensure that the exceedance period of particulate matter PM10 concentrations limit values is kept as short as possible; | — | the daily limit values for particulate matter PM10 concentrations in ambient air, increased by the margin of tolerance, were exceeded from 1 January 2010 to 10 June 2011 in the Radom, Pruszków-Żyrardów, Kędzierzyn-Koźle zones, as well as from 1 January 2011 to 10 June 2011 in the Ostrów-Kępno zone; and | — | the second subparagraph of Article 23(1) of Directive 2008/50 was not correctly implemented. |
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| — | since 2007 and up to 2015 inclusive, the daily limit values for particulate matter PM10 concentrations were exceeded in 35 zones for the assessment and management of ambient air quality and the annual limit values for particulate matter PM10 concentrations were exceeded in 9 zones for the assessment and management of ambient air quality; | | | | | | | | |
| — | no appropriate measures have been incorporated in ambient air quality programmes to ensure that the exceedance period of particulate matter PM10 concentrations limit values is kept as short as possible; | | | | | | | | |
| — | the daily limit values for particulate matter PM10 concentrations in ambient air, increased by the margin of tolerance, were exceeded from 1 January 2010 to 10 June 2011 in the Radom, Pruszków-Żyrardów, Kędzierzyn-Koźle zones, as well as from 1 January 2011 to 10 June 2011 in the Ostrów-Kępno zone; and | | | | | | | | |
| — | the second subparagraph of Article 23(1) of Directive 2008/50 was not correctly implemented. | | | | | | | | |

| 2. | The Republic of Poland is ordered to pay the costs. |
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( 1 )  OJ C 343, 19.9.2016.

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