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European Commission v.United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pays/Territoire
Union européenne, Royaume-Uni
Type de cour
Cour internationale
Date
Avr 22, 2010
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Nom du tribunal
European Court of Justice
Siège de la cour
Luxembourg
Juge
Lenaerts, K.
Arestis, G.
Malenovský, J.
von Danwitz, T.
Numéro de référence
C-346/08
Langue
Anglais
Sujet
Environnement gén., Air et atmosphère
Mot clé
Normes de qualité de l'air Pollution atmosphérique (sources fixes) Qualité de l'air/pollution de l'air
Résumé
The European Court of Justice has condemned the UK for failing to apply limitations of emissions of certain pollutants into the air as required under the 2001 Large Combustion Plants (LCP) Directive 2001/80/EC. The case concerns a coal-fired power plant in Lynemouth that supplies power to a major aluminum smelting work. Under the LCP directive, plants that make direct use of the products of combustion in the manufacturing process are exempted from the emission limits. Since 2006, the UK stopped applying emission limits to the Lyemouth power plant arguing that the energy that it generated was directly used for aluminum production and that it was therefore exempted from the application of the directive. In December 2009 the European Commission declared during a session of the Court that exempting the plant would result in an unjustified competitive advantage in respect of similar aluminum producers in the EU. This statement was backed by Advocate General Kokott who also stated that electricity is not a product of combustion and can therefore not be a product that is directly used in the manufacturing process. The ECJ backed both these statements and ruled that there are no environmental advantages which would justify exempting the power plant from emission limits under the LCP directive.
Texte intégral
European Commission v.United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 22-04-2010 english.pdf
Site web
curia.europa.eu

Références

Cite

Directive 2001/80/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air from large combustion plants

Législation | Union européenne | 2001

Mot clé: Lutte contre la pollution, Qualité de l'air/pollution de l'air, Émissions, Normes environnementales, Normes, Protection de l’environnement

Source: FAO, FAOLEX