# C_2011179EN.01000601.xml

| 18.6.2011 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 179/6 |
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Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 14 April 2011 — European Commission v Kingdom of Spain

(Case C-343/10)( 1 )

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 91/271/EEC - Pollution and nuisances - Treatment of urban waste water - Articles 3 and 4)

2011/C 179/08

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: European Commission (represented by: S. Pardo Quintillán, acting as Agent)

Defendant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: F. Díez Moreno, acting as Agent)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Infringement of Articles 3 and 4 of Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste water treatment (OJ L 135, p. 40)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

| 1. | Declares that, by failing to ensure that:
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urban waste water from the agglomerations with a population equivalent of more than 15 000 of Valle de Güimar, Noreste (Valle Guerra), Valle de la Orotava, Arenys de Mar, Alcossebre and Cariño is collected in conformity with Article 3 of Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste water treatment, and —
urban waste water from the agglomerations with a population equivalent of more than 15 000 of Arroyo de la Miel, Arroyo de la Víbora, Estepota (San Pedro de Alcántara), Alhaurín el Grande, Coín, Barbate, Chipiona, Isla Cristina, Matalascañas, Nerja, Tarifa, Torrox Costa, Vejer de la Frontera, Gijón-Este, Llanes, Valles de Güimar, Noreste (Valle Guerra), Los Llanos de Aridane, Arenys de Mar, Pineda de Mar, Ceuta, Alcossebre, Benicarló, Elx (Arenales), Peñíscola, Teulada Moraira (Rada Moraira), Vinaròs, A Coruña, Cariño, Tui, Vigo, Aguiño-Carreira-Ribeira, Baiona, Noia, Santiago, Viveiro and Irán (Hondarribia) is treated in conformity with Article 4(1), (3) and, where applicable (4), of Directive 91/271, the Kingdom of Spain has failed to fulfil its obligations under the cited provisions of Directive 91/271/EEC. | — | urban waste water from the agglomerations with a population equivalent of more than 15 000 of Valle de Güimar, Noreste (Valle Guerra), Valle de la Orotava, Arenys de Mar, Alcossebre and Cariño is collected in conformity with Article 3 of Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste water treatment, and | — | urban waste water from the agglomerations with a population equivalent of more than 15 000 of Arroyo de la Miel, Arroyo de la Víbora, Estepota (San Pedro de Alcántara), Alhaurín el Grande, Coín, Barbate, Chipiona, Isla Cristina, Matalascañas, Nerja, Tarifa, Torrox Costa, Vejer de la Frontera, Gijón-Este, Llanes, Valles de Güimar, Noreste (Valle Guerra), Los Llanos de Aridane, Arenys de Mar, Pineda de Mar, Ceuta, Alcossebre, Benicarló, Elx (Arenales), Peñíscola, Teulada Moraira (Rada Moraira), Vinaròs, A Coruña, Cariño, Tui, Vigo, Aguiño-Carreira-Ribeira, Baiona, Noia, Santiago, Viveiro and Irán (Hondarribia) is treated in conformity with Article 4(1), (3) and, where applicable (4), of Directive 91/271, |
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| — | urban waste water from the agglomerations with a population equivalent of more than 15 000 of Valle de Güimar, Noreste (Valle Guerra), Valle de la Orotava, Arenys de Mar, Alcossebre and Cariño is collected in conformity with Article 3 of Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste water treatment, and | | | | |
| — | urban waste water from the agglomerations with a population equivalent of more than 15 000 of Arroyo de la Miel, Arroyo de la Víbora, Estepota (San Pedro de Alcántara), Alhaurín el Grande, Coín, Barbate, Chipiona, Isla Cristina, Matalascañas, Nerja, Tarifa, Torrox Costa, Vejer de la Frontera, Gijón-Este, Llanes, Valles de Güimar, Noreste (Valle Guerra), Los Llanos de Aridane, Arenys de Mar, Pineda de Mar, Ceuta, Alcossebre, Benicarló, Elx (Arenales), Peñíscola, Teulada Moraira (Rada Moraira), Vinaròs, A Coruña, Cariño, Tui, Vigo, Aguiño-Carreira-Ribeira, Baiona, Noia, Santiago, Viveiro and Irán (Hondarribia) is treated in conformity with Article 4(1), (3) and, where applicable (4), of Directive 91/271, | | | | |

| 2. | Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs. |
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( 1 )  OJ C 234, 28.8.2010.

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