Commission of the European Communities v. Italian Republic País/Territorio Unión Europea, Italia Tipo de la corte Corte internacional Fecha Nov 23, 2006 Fuente UNEP, InforMEA Nombre del tribunal European Court of Justice Sede de la corte Luxembourg Juez Timmermans, C.W.ASchintgen, R.Kuris, P.Makarczyk, J.Bay Larsen, L.Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, D. Número de referencia C-486/04 Idioma Italiano Materia Medio ambiente gen., Desechos y sustancias peligrosas Palabra clave EIA Normas sobre calidad ambiental Resumen In a case against Italy the Commission challenged Italian exemptions from the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive for a waste development facility and a biomass incineration plant project in the village of Massafra in the region of Puglia. On 23 November 2006 the ECJ ruled against Italy stating that waste recovery operations are also covered by the EIA-Directive 85/337/EEC amended by Directive 97/11/EEC. It thus appeared of no relevance that the action of recovering waste is actually beneficial for the environment, because the installations could still have an impact on the environment. Referencias Cita Council Directive 85/337/EEC on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment. Legislación | Unión Europea | 1985 Palabra clave: EIA, Autorización/permiso, Manejo de tierras, Procedimientos judiciales/procedimientos administrativos Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX