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21.11.2009 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 282/3 |
Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 6 October 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Finland
(Case C-335/07) (1)
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Environment - Directive 91/271/EEC - Treatment of urban waste water - Failure to require more stringent treatment of nitrogen in all treatment plants of urban waste water from agglomerations of more than 10 000 population equivalent)
2009/C 282/04
Language of the case: Finnish
Parties
Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: I. Koskinen, L. Parpala, M. Patakia and S. Pardo Quintillán, Agents)
Defendant: Republic of Finland (represented by: J. Heliskoski and A. Guimaraes-Purokoski, Agents)
Intervener in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Sweden (represented by: A. Falk, Agent)
Re:
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Infringement of Art. 5(2), (3) and (5) of Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste-water treatment (OJ 1991 L 135, p. 40) — Failure to require that all urban waste water collected from agglomerations of more than 10 000 population equivalent be subject to more efficient treatment
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders the Commission of the European Communities to pay the costs; |
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Orders the Kingdom of Sweden to bear its own costs. |