# C_2004217EN.01000702.xml

| 28.8.2004 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 217/7 |
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JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(First Chamber)

of 8 July 2004

in Case C-214/03: Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Austria( 1 )

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Directive 88/609/EEC - Air pollution - Large combustion plants)

(2004/C 217/13)

Language of the case: German

In Case C-214/03: Commission of the European Communities (Agents: J.C. Schieferer and G. Valero Jordana) v Republic of Austria (Agents: H. Dossi and E. Riedl) — application for a declaration that, by failing to transpose correctly Council Directive 88/609/EEC of 24 November 1988 on the limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air from large combustion plants (OJ 1988 L 336, p. 1), in the version resulting from Council Directive 94/66/EC of 15 December 1994 (OJ 1994 L 337, p. 83), the Republic of Austria has failed to fulfil its obligations under that amended directive — the Court (First Chamber), composed of: P. Jann, President of the Chamber, A. Rosas, A. La Pergola, R. Silva de Lapuerta (Rapporteur) and K. Lenaerts, Judges; M. Poiares Maduro, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a judgment on 8 July 2004, in which it:

| 1. | Declares that the Republic of Austria has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 2(6), (8), (9) and (10), Article 4(1) in conjunction with Annexes III to VII, and Article 9(2) and (3) of Council Directive 88/609/EEC of 24 November 1988 on the limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air from large combustion plants, in the version resulting from Council Directive 94/66/EC of 15 December 1994,
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by having adopted, in Paragraph 22(1) of the Luftreinhalteverordnung für Kesselanlagen (regulation on the abatement of air pollution from steam boiler installations), on the conservation of air quality in the presence of boiler installations, a definition of ‘multi-fuel firing unit’ which departs from that set out in Article 2(8) of the Directive, —
by failing to transpose in the relevant national legal provisions, the Luftreinhaltegesetz für Kesselanlagen (law on the abatement of air pollution from steam boiler installations) and the Luftreinhalteverordnung für Kesselanlagen, the definitions of ‘new plant’ and ‘existing plant’ as set out in Article 2(9) and (10) of the Directive, —
by failing fully to incorporate in the relevant legislation on the conservation of air quality the emission limit values for sulphur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen and dust laid down in Article 4(1) and in Annexes III to VII, in particular by diverging from the definition of ‘fuel’ laid down in Article 2(6) of the Directive, and —
by failing correctly to transpose Article 9(2) and (3) of the Directive in the Luftreinhaltegesetz für Kesselanlagen and the Luftreinhalteverordnung für Kesselanlagen, concerning methods for calculating emission limit values for combustion plants equipped with multi-firing units using distillation and conversion residues from crude-oil refining for own consumption, alone or with other fuels; | — | by having adopted, in Paragraph 22(1) of the Luftreinhalteverordnung für Kesselanlagen (regulation on the abatement of air pollution from steam boiler installations), on the conservation of air quality in the presence of boiler installations, a definition of ‘multi-fuel firing unit’ which departs from that set out in Article 2(8) of the Directive, | — | by failing to transpose in the relevant national legal provisions, the Luftreinhaltegesetz für Kesselanlagen (law on the abatement of air pollution from steam boiler installations) and the Luftreinhalteverordnung für Kesselanlagen, the definitions of ‘new plant’ and ‘existing plant’ as set out in Article 2(9) and (10) of the Directive, | — | by failing fully to incorporate in the relevant legislation on the conservation of air quality the emission limit values for sulphur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen and dust laid down in Article 4(1) and in Annexes III to VII, in particular by diverging from the definition of ‘fuel’ laid down in Article 2(6) of the Directive, and | — | by failing correctly to transpose Article 9(2) and (3) of the Directive in the Luftreinhaltegesetz für Kesselanlagen and the Luftreinhalteverordnung für Kesselanlagen, concerning methods for calculating emission limit values for combustion plants equipped with multi-firing units using distillation and conversion residues from crude-oil refining for own consumption, alone or with other fuels; |
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| — | by having adopted, in Paragraph 22(1) of the Luftreinhalteverordnung für Kesselanlagen (regulation on the abatement of air pollution from steam boiler installations), on the conservation of air quality in the presence of boiler installations, a definition of ‘multi-fuel firing unit’ which departs from that set out in Article 2(8) of the Directive, | | | | | | | | |
| — | by failing to transpose in the relevant national legal provisions, the Luftreinhaltegesetz für Kesselanlagen (law on the abatement of air pollution from steam boiler installations) and the Luftreinhalteverordnung für Kesselanlagen, the definitions of ‘new plant’ and ‘existing plant’ as set out in Article 2(9) and (10) of the Directive, | | | | | | | | |
| — | by failing fully to incorporate in the relevant legislation on the conservation of air quality the emission limit values for sulphur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen and dust laid down in Article 4(1) and in Annexes III to VII, in particular by diverging from the definition of ‘fuel’ laid down in Article 2(6) of the Directive, and | | | | | | | | |
| — | by failing correctly to transpose Article 9(2) and (3) of the Directive in the Luftreinhaltegesetz für Kesselanlagen and the Luftreinhalteverordnung für Kesselanlagen, concerning methods for calculating emission limit values for combustion plants equipped with multi-firing units using distillation and conversion residues from crude-oil refining for own consumption, alone or with other fuels; | | | | | | | | |

| 2. | Orders the Republic of Austria to pay the costs. |
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( 1 )  OJ C 158 of 5.7.2003.

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