CELEX: 62010CA0405
Language: en
Date: 2011-11-10 00:00:00
Title: Case C-405/10: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 10 November 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Bruchsal — Germany) — Criminal proceedings against QB (*) (Protection of the environment — Regulations (EC) Nos 1013/2006 and 1418/2007 — Control of shipments of waste — Prohibition on the shipment of spent catalysts to Lebanon)

28.1.2012   
               
               
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                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  C 25/14
               
            
         Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 10 November 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Bruchsal — Germany) — Criminal proceedings against  QB (*1)
         
         (Case C-405/10) (1)
         
         (Protection of the environment - Regulations (EC) Nos 1013/2006 and 1418/2007 - Control of shipments of waste - Prohibition on the shipment of spent catalysts to Lebanon)
         (2012/C 25/22)
         Language of the case: German
         
            Referring court
         
         Amtsgericht Bruchsal
         
            Party in the main proceedings
         
          QB (*1)
         
         
            Re:
         
         Reference for a preliminary ruling — Amtsgericht Bruchsal — Interpretation of Article 37 of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste (OJ 2006 L 190, p. 1), read in conjunction with Commission Regulation (EC) No 1418/2007 of 29 November 2007 concerning the export for recovery of certain waste listed in Annex III or IIIA to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council to certain countries to which the OECD Decision on the control of transboundary movements of wastes does not apply (OJ 2007 L 316, p. 6) — Prohibition on the shipment of waste which falls within waste category B 1120 (catalysts) to Lebanon
         
            Operative part of the judgment
         
         Articles 36(1)(f) and 37 of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste, read in conjunction with Commission Regulation (EC) No 1418/2007 of 29 November 2007 concerning the export for recovery of certain waste listed in Annex III or IIIA to Regulation No 1013/2006 to certain countries to which the OECD Decision on the control of transboundary movements of wastes does not apply, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 740/2008 of 29 July 2008, must be interpreted as meaning that the export from the European Union to Lebanon of waste, intended for recovery, which falls within category B1120 in List B in Part 1 of Annex V to Regulation No 1013/2006 is prohibited.
         
            (*1)  Information erased or replaced within the framework of protection of personal data and/or confidentiality.
         
            (1)  OJ C 288, 23.10.2010.