Joined Cases C-313/15 and C-530/15: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 10 November 2016 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de commerce de Paris, Conseil d’État — France) — Eco-Emballages SA v Sphère France SAS and Others (C-313/15), Melitta France SAS and Others v Ministre de l’Écologie, du Développement durable et de l’Énergie (C-530/15) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Directive 94/62/EC — Article 3 — Packaging and packaging waste — Definition — Rolls, tubes and cylinders around which flexible material is wound (‘Roll cores’) — Directive 2013/2/EU — Validity — Amendment by the European Commission of the list of examples of packaging set out in Annex I to Directive 94/62/EC — Misinterpretation of the term ‘packaging’ — Misuse of implementing powers)
Date: 2016-11-10
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: environmental protection, packaging product, waste, waste management








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Official Journal of the European Union


C 14/11






Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 10 November 2016 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de commerce de Paris, Conseil d’État — France) — Eco-Emballages SA v Sphère France SAS and Others (C-313/15), Melitta France SAS and Others v Ministre de l’Écologie, du Développement durable et de l’Énergie (C-530/15)
(Joined Cases C-313/15 and C-530/15) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Environment - Directive 94/62/EC - Article 3 - Packaging and packaging waste - Definition - Rolls, tubes and cylinders around which flexible material is wound (‘Roll cores’) - Directive 2013/2/EU - Validity - Amendment by the European Commission of the list of examples of packaging set out in Annex I to Directive 94/62/EC - Misinterpretation of the term ‘packaging’ - Misuse of implementing powers))
(2017/C 014/14)
Language of the case: French

Referring court

Tribunal de commerce de Paris, Conseil d’État

Parties to the main proceedings


(Case C-313/15)


Applicant: Eco-Emballages SA

Defendants: Sphère France SAS, Carrefour Import SAS, SCA Tissue France SAS, Melitta France SAS, SCA Hygiène Products SAS, Wepa France SAS, formerly Wepa Troyes SAS, Industrie Cartarie Tronchetti SpA, Industrie Cartarie Tronchetti Ibérica SL, Cofresco Frischhalteprodukte GmbH & Co. KG, Kimberly-Clark SAS, Gopack SAS, Délipapier SAS, Scamark SAS, CMC France SARL, Schweitzer SAS, Paul Hartmann SA, Wepa France SAS, formerly Wepa Lille SAS, Système U Centrale Nationale SA, Industrie Cartarie Tronchetti France SAS

Interveners: Group’Hygiène syndicat professionnel (C-313/15),

(Case C-350/15)


Applicants: Melitta France SAS, Cofresco Frischhalteprodukte GmbH & Co. KG, Délipapier SAS, Gopack SAS, Industrie Cartarie Tronchetti SpA, Industrie Cartarie Tronchetti Ibérica SL, Kimberly-Clark SAS, Wepa France SAS, formerly Lucart France, Paul Hartmann SA, SCA Hygiène Products SAS, SCA Tissue France SAS, Group’Hygiène syndicat professionnel

Defendant: Ministre de l’Écologie, du Développement durable et de l'Énergie

Intervener: Industrie Cartarie Tronchetti France SAS (C-530/15)

Operative part of the judgment

Article 3(1) of Directive 94/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste, as amended by Directive 2004/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004, must be interpreted as meaning that roll cores in the form of rolls, tubes or cylinders, around which flexible material is wound and sold to consumers, constitute ‘packaging’ within the meaning of that provision.


(1)  
            OJ C 294, 7.9.2015.

OJ C 414, 14.12.2015.