Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 2 December 2010.#European Commission v Portuguese Republic.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Environment - Directive 91/271/EEC - Urban waste-water treatment - Article 11(1) and (2) - Discharge of industrial waste water into collecting systems and urban waste water treatment plants - Subject to prior regulations and/or specific authorisations - Lack of authorisation.#Case C-526/09.

Subject of the case

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

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.