Judgment – Reference for a preliminary ruling – Articles 34 TFEU and 110 TFEU – Directive 94/62/EC – Articles 1(1), 7 and 15 – Distance selling and transport of alcoholic beverages from another Member State – Excise duty on certain beverage packaging – Exemption where packaging is integrated into a deposit and return system – … Continue reading Visnapuu v Kihlakunnansyyttaja: ECJ 12 Nov 2015
ECJ Article 104, paragraph 3, second paragraph, of the Rules of Procedure -‘ Directive 94/62/EC – ‘Packaging and packaging waste -‘ Concepts of packaging manufacturer and manufacturer of packaging materials – ‘Manufacturer plastic bags with handles’ Citations: C-26/05, [2006] EUECJ C-26/05, [2006] ECR I-24 Links: Bailii Statutes: Directive 94/62/EC Jurisdiction: European European Updated: 04 August … Continue reading Plato Plastik Robert Frank Gmbh v Caropack Handelsgesellschaft Mbh: ECJ 16 Feb 2006
Europa Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations – Environment – Waste -Directives – Waste management plans. ‘The United Kingdom does not dispute its alleged failure to meet its obligations. It admits that, during the period under consideration, it failed to adopt and/or notify waste management plans capable of covering the entire territory … Continue reading Commission v United Kingdom: ECJ 24 Jan 2002
If, at the time a plant was placed in a pot to be grown, it was also intended that the pot should be used when the plant was sold, then the pot was deemed to be packaging and was subject to the rules with regard to packaging recycling obligations. The pots into which the plants … Continue reading Martin John Davies v Hillier Nurseries Limited: Admn 29 Jan 2001
Environment – Free movement of goods – Packaging and packaging waste – Directive 94/62/EC – Deposit and return obligations for non-reusable packaging that depend on the overall percentage of reusable packaging. Citations: C-309/02 Jurisdiction: European Environment Updated: 13 May 2022; Ref: scu.220613
Reference for a preliminary ruling ? Directive 94/62/EC ? Packaging and packaging waste ? Recovery and recycling of waste ? National environmental fund contribution ? National marketing of packaged products and their packaging, without alteration ? ‘Polluter-pays’ principle ? Status of polluter Citations: C-104/17, [2018] EUECJ C-104/17, ECLI:EU:C:2018:188 Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: European Environment Updated: 06 … Continue reading Cali Esprou (Environment – Packaging and Packaging Waste – Judgment): ECJ 15 Mar 2018
ECJ (Judgment) Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Directive 94/62/EC – Article 3 – Packaging and packaging waste – Definition – Rolls, tubes and cylinders around which flexible material is wound (‘Roll cores’) – Directive 2013/2/EU – Validity – Amendment by the European Commission of the list of examples of packaging set out … Continue reading Eco-Emballages v Sphere France SAS and Others: ECJ 10 Nov 2016
ECFI (Order Of The Court Of First Instance) (French Text) Action for annulment – Environment – Directive 94/62/EC – Packaging and packaging waste – Directive 2013/2/UE – rolls, tubes and cylinders on which is wound a flexible material – Professional Association – Lack of direct concern – inadmissibility T-202/13, [2014] EUECJ T-202/13 – CO, ECLI: … Continue reading Group’Hygiene v Commission: ECFI 7 Jul 2014
Glapswell Colliery had closed. The owners sought to use it for waste disposal by landfill. The objector had obtained judicial review of the permission granted. Held: The intention of the Landfill Directive was to discourage its use other than as a last resort. Though the Directive was part of English law, by affecting the weight … Continue reading Derbyshire Waste Ltd v Blewett and Another: CA 11 Nov 2004
Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations – Environment – Waste – Directives 75/442/EEC, 91/689/EEC and 94/62/EC – Waste management plans Citations: [2002] EUECJ C-466/99 Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: European Environment Updated: 05 June 2022; Ref: scu.167514
(Judgment) Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations – Failure to implement, in respect of Gibraltar, Directives 67/548/EEC and 87/18/EEC (concerning dangerous chemical substances); 93/12/EEC (concerning liquid fuels); 79/113/EEC, 84/533/EEC, 84/534/EEC, 84/535/EEC, 84/536/EEC, 84/537/EEC, 84/538/EEC, 86/594/EEC and 86/662/EEC (concerning noise emission); 94/62/EC (concerning packaging waste) and 97/35/EC (concerning the deliberate release into the … Continue reading Commission v United Kingdom: ECJ 23 Sep 2003
Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations – Environment – Waste – Directives 75/442/EEC, 91/156/EEC, 91/689/EEC and 94/62/EC – Waste management plans: ‘ . . considering the objectives pursued by the obligation laid down in Article 7(1) of . .
