Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2013:66
Date: 2013-02-07
Language of the case: Greek
Court formation: Fourth Chamber
Subject matter: Environment;Waste;Pollution
Procedure: Action for failure to fulfil obligations - successful
Origin: Greece

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 7 February 2013 - European Commission v Hellenic Republic (Case C-517/11)  Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 92/43/EEC - Conservation of natural habitats - Article 6(2) - Deterioration and pollution of Lake Koroneia - Protection - Inadequacy of the measures taken - Directive 91/271/EEC - Urban waste-water treatment - Articles 3 and 4(1) and (3) - Agglomeration of Langada - System for the collection and treatment of urban waste-water - 'Absence' Language of the case: Greek Parties Applicant: European Commission (represented by: M. Patakia, S. Petrova, B.D. Simon and L. Banciella, acting as Agents) Defendant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: E. Skandalou, acting as Agent) Re: Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Breach of Article 6(2) of Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ 1992 L 206, p. 7) - Breach of Articles 3 and 4(1) and (3) of Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste-water treatment (OJ 1991 L 135, p. 40) - Failure to take the required steps to avoid the deterioration and pollution of Lake Koroneia (Prefecture of Thessalonika) - Failure to set up a system for the collection and treatment of urban waste water for the agglomeration of Langada Operative part of the judgment By not having taken all the required steps to avoid the deterioration of the natural habitats and the habitats of species for which the special area of conservation GR 1220009 was designated and by not having set up a system for the collection and treatment of urban waste water for the agglomeration of Langada, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 6(2) of Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora, read in conjunction with Article 7 of that Directive, as well as its obligations under Articles 3 and 4(1) and (3) of Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste-water treatment. The Hellenic Republic is ordered to pay the costs. ____________ 1 - OJ 2011 C 362, 10.12.2011.