Radlberger Getränkegesellschaft mbH & Co., S. Spitz Kommanditgesellschaft v. Land Baden-Württemberg, Intervener: Federal Republic of Germany País/Territorio Unión Europea, Alemania Tipo de la corte Corte internacional Fecha Dic 14, 2004 Fuente UNEP, InforMEA Nombre del tribunal European Court of Justice Sede de la corte Luxembourg Juez Skouris, V.Jann, P.Lenaerts, K.Gulmann, C.Puissochet, J.-P.Schintgen, R.Colneric, N.von Bahr, S.Cunha Rodrigues, J. N.Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, D. Número de referencia C-463/01 Idioma Alemán Materia Medio ambiente gen., Desechos y sustancias peligrosas Palabra clave Prevención de residuos Normas sobre efluentes residuales Mecanismo de desarrollo limpio Conservación del ecosistema Sustancias peligrosas EIA Eliminación de desechos Residuos peligrosos Gestión de desechos Envasado/etiquetado Normas sobre calidad ambiental Resumen The ECJ judged the 6 month transition period in the German Packaging Ordinance a violation of the proportionality principle, in this judgment the 6 month period is found to be possibly too short to comply with the proportionality principle. Here, however, the ECJ says it leaves the final decision on this matter to the national judge referring the matter to the ECJ in this preliminary reference case. The C-463/01 judgment should make it easy for the German judge to determine whether the period is in fact too short. In addition to C-463/01, the ECJ held that, in particular, where the new system is, as in Germany, a deposit and return system, the Member State concerned must ensure that there are a sufficient number of return points so that consumers who have been charged a deposit when buying goods in non-reusable packaging can recover the deposit even if they do not go back to the initial place of purchase. Texto completo Commission of the European Communities v.Federal Republic of Germany 14-12-2004 english.pdf Página web curia.europa.eu