Opinion of the Advocate General — ECLI:EU:C:2013:405
Date: 2013-06-18
Language of the case: Dutch
Subject matter: Environment;Waste
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Netherlands

summary of the law on when a substance ceases to be waste see points 76 to 79 of the Opinion of Advocate General Kokott of 13 December 2012 in Lapin luonnonsuojelupiiri. The Court issued its judgment on 7 March 2013. Note that this case concerns Directive 2008/98 and more specifically, at paragraphs 53 to 60, the question of when a substance ceases to be waste under Article 6 of Directive 2008/98 because it has undergone recovery. 27 – For an analysis of the circumstances in which meat and bone meal can be considered to be waste see case C-176/05 KVZ retec GmbH [2007] ECR I-1721. 28 – See for example Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Council Directive 93/12/EEC (OJ 1998 L 350, p. 58), as amended by Directive 2009/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 amending Directive 98/70/EC as regards the specification of petrol, diesel and gas-oil and introducing a mechanism to monitor and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and amending Council Directive 1999/32/EC as regards the specification of fuel used by inland waterway vessels and repealing Directive 93/12/EEC (OJ 2009 L 140 p. 88) and Commission Directive 2011/63/EU of 1 June 2011 amending, for the purpose of its adaptation to technical progress, Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the quality of the petrol and diesel fuels OJ 2011 L 147 p. 15. 29 – See Annex I to Directive 2006/12, categories Q2 and Q4.