Opinion of the Advocate General — ECLI:EU:C:2018:969
Date: 2018-11-29
Language of the case: Estonian
Subject matter: Environment;Waste
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Estonia

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tallinna Ringkonnakohus (Estonia) lodged on 31 January 2018 — AS Tallinna Vesi v Keskkonnaamet (Case C-60/18) Language of the case: Estonian Referring court Tallinna Ringkonnakohus Parties to the main proceedings Appellant: AS Tallinna Vesi Respondent: Keskkonnaamet Intervener: Keskkonnaministeerium Questions referred In the case where end-of-waste criteria have not been set at EU level for a particular type of waste, should Article 6(4) of Directive 2008/98/EC 1 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives be interpreted to mean that a national legal act providing that end-of-waste status depends upon whether criteria set in a generally applicable national legal act exist for a particular type of waste is in keeping with that provision of Directive 2008/98/EC? In the case where end-of-waste criteria have not been set at EU level for a particular type of waste, does the first sentence of Article 6(4) of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives grant the waste holder the right to apply to the competent authority or to a court in a Member State for a decision on end-of-waste status in keeping with the applicable case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, irrespective of whether criteria set in a generally applicable national legal act exist for a particular type of waste? ____________ 1 OJ 2008 L 312, p. 3.