(Judgment) Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations – Directive 80/778/EEC – Quality of water intended for human consumption – Incomplete implementation Citations: [2002] EUECJ C-316/00 Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: European Consumer Updated: 06 October 2022; Ref: scu.178253
ECJ The authorization to exceed the maximum permitted concentrations set out in Annex I to Directive 80/778/EEC relating to the quality of water intended for human consumption (Article 10 (1)) must be granted only in an urgent situation in which the national authorities are required to cope suddenly with difficulties in the supply of water … Continue reading Pretura Unificata Di Torino v X: ECJ 22 Sep 1988
The system in the UK of the government accepting undertakings from water companies as to the steps to be taken to comply with European regulations as to water standards had been used to allow non-compliance. The UK was in breach of requirements. Citations: Times 30-Apr-1999, C-340/96, [1999] EUECJ C-340/96 Links: Bailii Statutes: Council Directive 80/778/EEC, … Continue reading Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: ECJ 30 Apr 1999
References: C-121/03 ECJ Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Directives 75/442/EEC and 91/156/EEC – Meaning of ‘waste’ – Directives 85/337/EEC and 97/11/EC – Assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment – Directive 80/68/EEC – Protection of groundwater against pollution caused by certain dangerous substances – Directive … Continue reading Commission v Spain: ECJ 8 Sep 2005
The defendants had applied inorganic fertiliser to their land, eventually causing pollution of the claimant’s water supply. The pollution exceeded EC levels. However the claimants had not established that the damage was foreseeable, nor that the practice of the defendant farmers was other than standard practice. Held: The claimant’s appeal failed. They had not established … Continue reading Savage and Another v Fairclough and others: CA 30 Jul 1999