# C_2014009EN.01001602.xml

| 11.1.2014 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 9/16 |
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Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 7 November 2013 — European Commission v French Republic

(Case C-23/13)( 1 )

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 91/271/EEC - Urban waste water treatment - Articles 3 and 4)

2014/C 9/25

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: European Commission (represented by: J.-P. Keppenne and E. Manhaever, acting as Agents)

Defendant: French Republic (represented by: D. Colas and S. Menez, acting as Agents)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Breach of 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) — Deficiencies in the collection and treatment of urban waste water in 8 agglomerations

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

| 1. | Declares that, by failing to provide for:
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the collection of urban waste waters in the agglomeration of Basse-Terre, with a population equivalent of more than 15 000, and —
the treatment of urban waste waters in the agglomerations of Ajaccio-Sanguinaires, Basse-Terre, Bastia-Nord, Cayenne-Leblond and Saint-Denis, with a population equivalent of more than 15 000, the French Republic failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 3, 4(1) and 4(3) of Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste water treatment. | — | the collection of urban waste waters in the agglomeration of Basse-Terre, with a population equivalent of more than 15 000, and | — | the treatment of urban waste waters in the agglomerations of Ajaccio-Sanguinaires, Basse-Terre, Bastia-Nord, Cayenne-Leblond and Saint-Denis, with a population equivalent of more than 15 000, |
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| — | the collection of urban waste waters in the agglomeration of Basse-Terre, with a population equivalent of more than 15 000, and | | | | |
| — | the treatment of urban waste waters in the agglomerations of Ajaccio-Sanguinaires, Basse-Terre, Bastia-Nord, Cayenne-Leblond and Saint-Denis, with a population equivalent of more than 15 000, | | | | |

| 2. | Orders the French Republic to pay the costs. |
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( 1 )  OJ C 79, 16.3.2013.

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