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Syndicat professionnel coordination des pêcheurs de l'Etang de Berre et de la région v. Électricité de France

Country/Territory
European Union, France
Type of court
International court
Date
Jul 15, 2004
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Court name
European Court of Justice
Seat of court
Luxembourg
Judge
Timmermans, President of the Chamber, C.W.A.
Puissochet, J.N
Cunha Rodrigues, R.
Schintgen, D.
Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer,
Gulmann, C.
Reference number
C-213/03
Language
French
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances, Water, Environment gen.
Keyword
Standards Hazardous substances Toxicity/poisoning Environmental standards Ecosystem preservation Public health Effluent waste (industrial sources) Hazardous waste Pollution control Marine pollution (land-based sources)
Abstract
Article 6(3) of the Protocol for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution from Land-based Sources, and Article 6(1) of the Protocol as amended at the Conference of Plenipotentiaries held in Syracuse on 7 and 8 March 1996, have direct effect, so that any interested party (fishermen) is entitled to rely on those provisions before the national courts against polluters. Those same provisions prohibit, without an authorisation issued by the national competent authorities, the discharge into a saltwater marsh communicating with the Mediterranean Sea of substances which, although not toxic, have an adverse effect on the oxygen content of the marine environment.
Full text
Syndicat professionnel des pecheurs de LEtang de Berre v. Electricite de France english.pdf
Syndicat professionnel des pecheurs de LEtang de Berre v. Electricite de France french.pdf
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