CELEX: 62014CA0145
Language: en
Date: 2015-07-16 00:00:00
Title: Case C-145/14: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 16 July 2015 — European Commission v Republic of Bulgaria (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Environment — Directive 1999/31/EC — Article 14 — Landfill of waste — Non-hazardous waste — Non-conformity of existing landfills)

21.9.2015   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 311/11
            
         Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 16 July 2015 — European Commission v Republic of Bulgaria
   (Case C-145/14) (1)
   
   ((Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Environment - Directive 1999/31/EC - Article 14 - Landfill of waste - Non-hazardous waste - Non-conformity of existing landfills))
   (2015/C 311/11)
   Language of the case: Bulgarian
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: European Commission (represented by: S. Petrova and E. Sanfrutos Cano, acting as Agents)
   
      Defendant: Republic of Bulgaria (represented by E. Petranova and D. Drambozova, acting as Agents)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Declares that by failing to adopt the necessary measures to ensure that, as from 16 July 2009, the existing landfills for non-hazardous waste in its territory do not continue to function unless they satisfy the requirements of Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste, the Republic of Bulgaria has failed to fulfil its obligation under Article 14(a) to (c) of that directive;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the European Commission and the Republic of Bulgaria to bear their own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 159, 26.5.2014.