13.11.2017
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 382/6
Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 14 September 2017 — European Commission v Hellenic Republic
(Case C-320/15) (1)
((Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 91/271/EEC - Urban waste water treatment - Article 4(1) and (3) - Secondary or equivalent treatment))
(2017/C 382/04)
Language of the case: Greek
Parties
Applicant: European Commission (represented by: G. Zavvos and E. Manhaeve, acting as Agents)
Defendant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: E. Skandalou, acting as Agent)
Intervener in support of the defendant: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: C. Brodie and J. Kraehling, acting as Agents)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Declares that, by not having ensured secondary or equivalent treatment of urban waste water from the agglomerations of Prosotsani, Doxato, Eleftheroupoli, Vagia and Galatista, whose population equivalent is between 2 000 and 10 000, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 4(1) of Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste water treatment as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1137/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008;
2.
Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
3.
Orders the European Commission and the Hellenic Republic to bear their own costs.
(1) OJ C 328, 5.10.2015.
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