CELEX: 62017CA0506
Language: en
Date: 2018-11-28 00:00:00
Title: Case C-506/17: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 28 November 2018 — European Commission v Slovenian Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Environment — Landfilling of waste — Directive 1999/31/EC — Article 14(b) and (c) — Operation permit — Closure of unauthorised sites — Authorisation of necessary work on the basis of the approved site-conditioning plan — Laying down transitional period for completion of the plan)

28.1.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 35/6
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 28 November 2018 — European Commission v Slovenian Republic
      (Case C-506/17) (1)
      
      ((Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Environment - Landfilling of waste - Directive 1999/31/EC - Article 14(b) and (c) - Operation permit - Closure of unauthorised sites - Authorisation of necessary work on the basis of the approved site-conditioning plan - Laying down transitional period for completion of the plan))
      (2019/C 35/08)
      Language of the case: Slovenian
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: European Commission (represented initially by E. Sanfrutos Cano and M. M. Žebre, and subsequently by E. Sanfrutos Cano, B. Rous Demiri and F. Thiran and, finally, by E. Sanfrutos Cano and B. Rous Demiri, F. Thiran and C. Hermes, acting as Agents)
      
         Defendant: Republic of Slovenia (represented by: J. Morela and N. Pintar Gosenca, acting as Agents)
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      
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                  By failing to adopt the measures necessary:
                  
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                              to close, by 16 July 2009 at the latest, in accordance with Article 7(g) and Article 13 of Council Directive 1999/31/EC or 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste, the landfill sites of Dragonja, Dvori, Rakek-Pretržje, Bukovžlak-Cinkarna, Suhadole, Lokovica, Mislinjska Dobrava, Izola, Mozelj, Dolga Poljana, Dolga vas, Jelšane, Volče, Stara gora, Stara vas, Dogoše, Mala gora, Tuncovec-Steklarna, Tuncovec-OKP and Bočna-Podhom, which have not obtained operation permits in accordance with Article 8 of that directive, and
                           
                        
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                              to ensure, by 16 July 2009 at the latest, that the Ostri vrh landfill site complies with the requirements of Directive 1999/31, with the exception of those set out in point 1 of Annex I thereto,
                              the Republic of Slovenia has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 14(b) and Article 14(c) of Directive 1999/31.
                           
                        
            
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                  The Republic of Slovenia is ordered to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 357, 23.10.2017.