Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:C:2020:171
Date: 2020-03-05
Language of the case: Greek
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Subject matter: Environment
Procedure: Action for failure to fulfil obligations - successful
Origin: Cyprus

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 5 March 2020 — European Commission v Republic of Cyprus (Case C-248/19)1 (Failure of Member State to fulfil obligations — Article 258 TFEU — Directive 91/271/EEC — Treatment of urban waste water — Articles 3, 4, 10 and 15 — Annex I, points A, B and D — No collecting systems for urban waste water in certain agglomerations — No secondary or equivalent treatment of urban waste water — Construction and operation of treatment plants — Control of discharges from such plants) Language of the case: Greek Parties Applicant: European Commission (represented by D. Triantafyllou and E. Manhaeve, agents) Defendant: Republic of Cyprus (represented by E. Zachariadou and M. Chatzigeorgiou, agents) Operative part The Court: 1. Declares that the Republic of Cyprus, by failing: to provide 31 agglomerations (Aradippou, Ypsonas, Dali, Voroklini, Deryneia, Sotira, Xylophagou, Pervolia, Kolossi, Poli Chrysochous, Leivadia, Dromolaxia, Pera Chorio-Nisou, Liopetri, Avgorou, Paliometocho, Kiti, Frenaros, Ormideia, Kokkinotrimithia, Trachoni, Episkopi, Xylotympou, Pano Polemidia, Pyla, Lympia, Parekklisia, Kakopetria, Achna, Meneou and Pyrgos) with a collecting system for urban waste water, and to ensure, for the same agglomerations, that the urban waste water entering the collecting systems is subject to secondary treatment or an equivalent treatment before discharge, has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 3, 4, 10 and 15 of and Annex I, points A, B and D, to Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste water treatment, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1137/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008. 2. Orders the Republic of Cyprus to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 213, 24.6.2019.