# C_2005031EN.01000601.xml

| 5.2.2005 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 31/6 |
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Action brought on 16 November 2004 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Italian Republic

(Case C-478/04)

(2005/C 31/13)

Language of the case: Italian

An action against the Italian Republic was brought before the Court of Justice of the European Communities on 16 November 2004 by the Commission of the European Communities, represented by Minas Konstantinidis and Giuseppe Bambara, acting as Agents.

| — | The applicant claims that the Court should declare that:
a)
by not adopting the necessary measures to ensure that dangerous waste deposited in the dump of Ca di Capri (Verona) are recovered or disposed of without endangering human health and without using procedures or methods which might be prejudicial to the environment; and b)
by not adopting the necessary measures to ensure that the owner of dangerous waste deposited in that dump consigns such waste to a private or public disposal contractor, or to an undertaking carrying out the operations referred to in Annexes IIA or IIB to the directive, or himself carries out its recovery or disposal in compliance with Community provisions; and c)
by not adopting the necesssary measures to ensure, in relation to such dumping, that, at the place where dangerous waste is deposited, it is catalogued and identified, that various categories of dangerous waste are not mixed together, and that dangerous waste is not mixed with non-dangerous waste, the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 4 and 8 of Directive 75/442/EEC( 1 ) on waste, as amended by Council Directive 91/156/EEC( 2 ) and under Article 2(1) and (2) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC( 3 ) on hazardous waste. | a) | by not adopting the necessary measures to ensure that dangerous waste deposited in the dump of Ca di Capri (Verona) are recovered or disposed of without endangering human health and without using procedures or methods which might be prejudicial to the environment; and | b) | by not adopting the necessary measures to ensure that the owner of dangerous waste deposited in that dump consigns such waste to a private or public disposal contractor, or to an undertaking carrying out the operations referred to in Annexes IIA or IIB to the directive, or himself carries out its recovery or disposal in compliance with Community provisions; and | c) | by not adopting the necesssary measures to ensure, in relation to such dumping, that, at the place where dangerous waste is deposited, it is catalogued and identified, that various categories of dangerous waste are not mixed together, and that dangerous waste is not mixed with non-dangerous waste, |
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| a) | by not adopting the necessary measures to ensure that dangerous waste deposited in the dump of Ca di Capri (Verona) are recovered or disposed of without endangering human health and without using procedures or methods which might be prejudicial to the environment; and | | | | | | |
| b) | by not adopting the necessary measures to ensure that the owner of dangerous waste deposited in that dump consigns such waste to a private or public disposal contractor, or to an undertaking carrying out the operations referred to in Annexes IIA or IIB to the directive, or himself carries out its recovery or disposal in compliance with Community provisions; and | | | | | | |
| c) | by not adopting the necesssary measures to ensure, in relation to such dumping, that, at the place where dangerous waste is deposited, it is catalogued and identified, that various categories of dangerous waste are not mixed together, and that dangerous waste is not mixed with non-dangerous waste, | | | | | | |

| — | order the Italian Republic to pay the costs |
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Pleas in law and main arguments

The Commission maintains that, on the grounds set out in its application, the Italian Republic has, in relation to the dump of Ca di Capri (Verona) failed to fulfil its obligations under Directive 75/442/EEC as amended by Directive 91/156/EC, and under Directive 91/689/EEC.

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( 1 )  OJ 1975 L 194, p. 39

( 2 )  OJ 1991 L 78, p. 32

( 3 )  OJ 1991 L 377, p. 20

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