CELEX: 62015CA0104
Language: en
Date: 2016-07-21 00:00:00
Title: Case C-104/15: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 21 July 2016 — European Commission v Romania Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Environmental protection — Directive 2006/21/EC — Waste management — Mining — Tailing ponds — Dust re-emission — Fine airborn dust particles — Pollution — Human health — Obligatory preventative measures — Articles 4 and 13 — Finding of infringement

19.9.2016   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 343/6
            
         Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 21 July 2016 — European Commission v Romania
   (Case C-104/15) (1)
   
   (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Environmental protection - Directive 2006/21/EC - Waste management - Mining - Tailing ponds - Dust re-emission - Fine airborn dust particles - Pollution - Human health - Obligatory preventative measures - Articles 4 and 13 - Finding of infringement)
   (2016/C 343/08)
   Language of the case: Romanian
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: European Commission (represented by: L. Nicolae, E. Sanfrutos Cano and D. Loma-Osorio Lerena, acting as Agents)
   
      Defendant: Romania (represented by: R. H. Radu, E. Gane, A. Buzoianu and R. Haţieganu, acting as Agents)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1)
            
            
               Declares that, by failing to adopt appropriate measures to prevent dust rising from the Boșneag pond — extension, Romania failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 4 and Article 13(2) of Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the management of waste from extractive industries and amending Directive 2004/35/EC.
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Romania to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 146, 4.5.2015.