# C_2012379EN.01000201.xml

| 8.12.2012 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 379/2 |
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Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 18 October 2012 — European Commission v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

(Case C-301/10)( 1 )

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Pollution and nuisance - Urban waste water treatment - Directive 91/271/EEC - Articles 3, 4 and 10 - Annex I(A) and (B))

2012/C 379/02

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: European Commission (represented by: S. Pardo Quintillán, A.-A. Gilly and A. Demeneix, acting as Agents)

Defendant: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: L. Seeboruth, acting as Agent, D. Anderson QC, and S. Ford and B. McGurk, Barristers)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Infringement of Articles 3(1) and (2), 4(1) and (3) and 10 of Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste water treatment (OJ 1991 L 135, p. 40) and of Annex I(A) and (B) thereto — Failure to have ensured the appropriate treatment of urban waste water from several parts of London (Whitburn, Beckton, Crossness and Mogden)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

| 1. | Declares that, by failing to ensure:
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appropriate collection of the urban waste water of the agglomerations, with a population equivalent of more than 15 000, of Sunderland (Whitburn) and London (Beckton and Crossness collecting systems), in accordance with Article 3(1) and (2) of, and Annex I(A) to, Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste water treatment, and —
appropriate treatment of the urban waste water of the agglomeration, with a population equivalent of more than 15 000, of London (Beckton, Crossness and Mogden treatment plants), in accordance with Article 4(1) and (3) and Article 10 of, and Annex I(B) to, Directive 91/271, the United Kingdom has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive; | — | appropriate collection of the urban waste water of the agglomerations, with a population equivalent of more than 15 000, of Sunderland (Whitburn) and London (Beckton and Crossness collecting systems), in accordance with Article 3(1) and (2) of, and Annex I(A) to, Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste water treatment, and | — | appropriate treatment of the urban waste water of the agglomeration, with a population equivalent of more than 15 000, of London (Beckton, Crossness and Mogden treatment plants), in accordance with Article 4(1) and (3) and Article 10 of, and Annex I(B) to, Directive 91/271, |
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| — | appropriate collection of the urban waste water of the agglomerations, with a population equivalent of more than 15 000, of Sunderland (Whitburn) and London (Beckton and Crossness collecting systems), in accordance with Article 3(1) and (2) of, and Annex I(A) to, Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste water treatment, and | | | | |
| — | appropriate treatment of the urban waste water of the agglomeration, with a population equivalent of more than 15 000, of London (Beckton, Crossness and Mogden treatment plants), in accordance with Article 4(1) and (3) and Article 10 of, and Annex I(B) to, Directive 91/271, | | | | |

| 2. | Orders the United Kingdom to pay the costs. |
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( 1 )  OJ C 246, 11.9.2010.

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