62022CJ0587_SUM
Case C‑587/22
European Commission
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Hungary
Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 7 December 2023
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Environment – Directive 91/271/EEC – Treatment of urban waste water – Article 3 – Collecting systems – Individual systems – Article 4 – Secondary or equivalent treatment – Article 5 – Sensitive areas – Article 15 – Monitoring of discharges)
Environment – Treatment of urban waste water – Directive 91/271/EEC – Installation of urban waste water collection systems – Absence – 113436 / Justification drawn from environmental or financial reasons – None – Consequence – 113451 / Infringement of requirements concerning design, construction, operation and maintenance of water treatment plants
(Council Directive 91/271, Arts 3(1) and 10)
(see paragraphs 23-26, 31-35)
Environment – Treatment of urban waste water – Directive 91/271/EEC – Installation of urban waste water collection systems – Absence – Consequence – 113449 / Infringement of the obligation to subject discharges to secondary or equivalent treatment
(Council Directive 91/271, Arts 3 and 4(1) and (10))
(see paragraphs 47, 49, 50, 53)
Environment – Treatment of urban waste water – Directive 91/271/EEC – Installation of urban waste water collection systems – Absence – Consequence – 113450 / Infringement of the obligation to subject to more stringent treatment discharges in more sensitive areas
(Council Directive 91/271, Arts 3, 5(2) and 10)
(see paragraphs 48-53)
Action for failure to fulfil obligations – Application initiating proceedings – Statement of subject matter and pleas in law – Formal requirements – Identification of specific complaints – Absence
(Art. 258 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 21; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 120(c))
(see paragraph 58)
See the text of the decision.