3.6.2019
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 187/24
Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 28 March 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tallinna Ringkonnakohus — Estonia) — Tallinna Vesi AS v Keskkonnaamet
(Case C-60/18) (1)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Environment - Waste - Directive 2008/98/EC - Re-use and recovery of waste - Specific end-of-waste criteria for sewage sludge which has undergone recovery treatment - No defined criteria at European Union or national level)
(2019/C 187/27)
Language of the case: Estonian
Referring court
Tallinna Ringkonnakohus
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Tallinna Vesi AS
Defendant: Keskkonnaamet
intervener: Keskkonnaministeerium
Operative part of the judgment
Article 6(4) of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives must be interpreted as meaning that:
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it does not preclude national legislation, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, under which, where criteria have not been set at European Union level for determining end-of-waste status as regards a specific type of waste, such end status depends on the existence of criteria laid down in a generally applicable national legal act concerning that type of waste, and
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it does not allow a waste holder, in circumstances such as those in the main proceedings, to demand the recognition of end of waste status by the competent authority of the Member State or by a court of that Member State.
(1) OJ C 142, 23.4.2018.