Subject of the case
Operative part
Re:
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Infringement of Article 11(1) and (2) of Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste-water treatment (OJ 1991 L 135, p. 40) – Licence to discharge waste water – ‘Estação de Serviço Sobritos’.
Operative part
The Court:
1. Declares that, by permitting the discharge of industrial waste water from the industrial site of Estação de Serviço Sobritos L da , situated in the Matosinhos urban area, without adequate authorisation to that effect, the Portuguese Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 11(1) and (2) of Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste-water treatment;
2. Orders the Portuguese Republic to pay the costs.