Directive 2004/35/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage Basic information Dates Date of document: Date of publication: Date of effect: April 30, 2004 Entry into force - Date pub. See Art 20 Date of transposition: April 30, 2007 At the latest See Art 19.1 Deadline: December 31, 2020 April 30, 2022 April 30, 2023 Modified by Modified by: Règlement (UE) 2019/1010 du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 5 juin 2019 sur l'alignement des obligations en matière de communication d'informations dans le domaine de la législation liée à l'environnement et modifiant les règlements (CE) no 166/2006 et (UE) no 995/2010 du Parlement européen et du Conseil, les directives 2002/49/CE, 2004/35/CE, 2007/2/CE, 2009/147/CE et 2010/63/UE du Parlement européen et du Conseil, les règlements (CE) no 338/97 et (CE) no 2173/2005 du Conseil et la directive 86/278/CEE du Conseil (Texte présentant de l'intérêt pour l'EEE)
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detail Directive 2006/21/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 15 mars 2006 concernant la gestion des déchets de l'industrie extractive et modifiant la directive 2004/35/CE - Déclaration du Parlement européen, du Conseil et de la Commission
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detail Directive 2013/30/UE du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 12 juin 2013 relative à la sécurité des opérations pétrolières et gazières en mer et modifiant la directive 2004/35/CE Texte présentant de l'intérêt pour l'EEE
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detail Directive 2009/31/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 23 avril 2009 relative au stockage géologique du dioxyde de carbone et modifiant la directive 85/337/CEE du Conseil, les directives 2000/60/CE, 2001/80/CE, 2004/35/CE, 2006/12/CE et 2008/1/CE et le règlement (CE) n o 1013/2006 du Parlement européen et du Conseil (Texte présentant de l’intérêt pour l’EEE)
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detail Modifies Affected by case Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 9 March 2010. Raffinerie Mediterranee (ERG) SpA, Polimeri Europa SpA and Syndial SpA v Ministero dello Sviluppo economico and Others (C-379/08) and ENI SpA v Ministero Ambiente e Tutela del Territorio e del Mare and Others (C-380/08). References for a preliminary ruling: Tribunale amministrativo regionale della Sicilia - Italy. Polluter pays’ principle - Directive 2004/35/EC - Environmental liability - Applicability ratione temporis - Pollution occurring before the date laid down for implementation of that directive and continuing after that date - Remedial measures - Duty to consult the undertakings concerned - Annexe II. Joined cases C-379/08 and C-380/08. Joined Cases C-478/08 and C-479/08: Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 9 March 2010 (references for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale della Sicilia — Italy) — Buzzi Unicem SpA and Others (First subparagraph of Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure — ‘Polluter pays’ principle — Directive 2004/35/EC — Environmental liability — Applicability ratione temporis — Pollution occurring before the date laid down for implementation of that directive and continuing after that date — National legislation imposing liability on a number of undertakings for the costs of remedying the damage connected with such pollution — Requirement for fault or negligence — Requirement for a causal link — Remedial measures — Duty to consult the undertakings concerned — Annex II to the directive) {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 4.5 {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 7.4 {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 7 {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 11.2 {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 3.1 Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 9 March 2010. Buzzi Unicem SpA and Others v Ministero dello Sviluppo economico and Others (C-478/08) and Dow Italia Divisione Commerciale SrI v Ministero Ambiente e Tutela deI Territorio e deI Mare and Others (C-479/08). References for a preliminary ruling: Tribunale amministrativo regionale della Sicilia - Italy. First subparagraph of Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure - 'Polluter pays' principle - Directive 2004/35/EC - Environmental liability - Applicability ratione temporis - Pollution occurring before the date laid down for implementation of that directive and continuing after that date - National legislation imposing liability on a number of undertakings for the costs of remedying the damage connected with such pollution - Requirement for fault or negligence - Requirement for a causal link - Remedial measures - Duty to consult the undertakings concerned - Annex II to the directive . Joined cases C-478/08 and C-479/08. A11P4 A03P1 A11P2 A04P5 A07 N2 Joined Cases C-379/08 and C-380/08: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 9 March 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale della Sicilia (Italy)) — Raffineri Mediterranee SpA (ERG) (C-379/08), Polimeri Europa SpA, Syndial SpA v Ministero dello Sviluppo economico, Ministero della Salute, Ministero Ambiente e Tutela del Territorio e del Mare, Ministero delle Infrastrutture, Ministero dei Trasporti, Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, Ministero dell’Interno, Regione Siciliana, Assessorato regionale Territorio ed Ambiente (Sicilia), Assessorato regionale Industria (Sicilia), Prefettura di Siracusa, Istituto superiore di Sanità, Commissario Delegato per Emergenza Rifiuti e Tutela Acque (Sicilia), Vice Commissario Delegato per Emergenza Rifiuti e Tutela Acque (Sicilia), Agenzia Protezione Ambiente e Servizi tecnici (APAT), Agenzia regionale Protezione Ambiente (ARPA Sicilia), Istituto centrale Ricerca scientifica e tecnologica applicata al Mare, Subcommissario per la Bonifica dei Siti contaminati, Provincia regionale di Siracusa, Consorzio ASI Sicilia orientale Zona Sud, Comune di Siracusa, Comune di Augusta, Comune di Melilli, Comune di Priolo Gargallo, Azienda Unità sanitaria locale No 8, Sviluppo Italia Aree Produttive SpA, Invitalia (Agenzia nazionale per l’attrazione degli investimenti e lo sviluppo d’impresa) SpA, formerly Sviluppo Italia SpA, ENI SpA (C-380/08) v Ministero Ambiente e Tutela del Territorio e del Mare, Ministero dello Sviluppo economico, Ministero della Salute, Regione siciliana, Istituto superiore di Sanità, Agenzia per la Protezione dell’Ambiente e per i Servizi tecnici, Commissario delegato per l’Emergenza rifiuti e la Tutela delle Acque ( Polluter pays principle — Directive 2004/35/EC ﾔ Environmental liability — Applicability ratione temporis — Pollution occurring before the date laid down for implementation of that directive and continuing after that date — Remedial measures — Duty to consult the undertakings concerned — Annexe II) {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 11.4 {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 7 {AN|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AN} 2 Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 6 October 2015. Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare and Others v Ediltecnica SpA. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court — Article 191(2) TFEU — Directive 2004/35/EC — Environmental liability — National legislation under which no provision is made for the administrative authorities to require owners of polluted land who have not contributed to that pollution to carry out preventive and remedial measures, and the sole obligation imposed concerns the reimbursement of the measures undertaken by those authorities — Whether compatible with the ‘polluter pays’ principle, the precautionary principle and the principles that preventive action should be taken and that environmental damage should be rectified at source as a matter of priority. Case C-592/13. Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 9 March 2010. Raffinerie Mediterranee (ERG) SpA, Polimeri Europa SpA and Syndial SpA v Ministero dello Sviluppo economico and Others. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Tribunale amministrativo regionale della Sicilia - Italy. Polluter pays’ principle - Directive 2004/35/EC - Environmental liability - Applicability ratione temporis - Pollution occurring before the date laid down for implementation of that directive and continuing after that date - National legislation imposing liability on a number of undertakings for the costs of remedying the damage connected with such pollution - Requirement for fault or negligence - Requirement for a causal link - Public works contracts. Case C-378/08. Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 13 July 2017. Túrkevei Tejtermelő Kft. v Országos Környezetvédelmi és Természetvédelmi Főfelügyelőség. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Szolnoki Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bíróság. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Articles 191 and 193 TFEU — Directive 2004/35/EC — Applicability ratione materiae — Air pollution caused by illegal waste incineration — Polluter-pays principle — National legislation establishing joint liability between the owner of the land on which the pollution occurred and the polluter. Case C-129/16. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 4 March 2015. Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare and Others v Fipa Group srl and Others. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 191(2) TFEU — Directive 2004/35/EC — Environmental liability — National legislation under which no provision is made for the administrative authorities to require owners of polluted land who have not contributed to that pollution to carry out preventive and remedial measures, and the sole obligation imposed concerns the reimbursement of the measures undertaken by those authorities — Whether compatible with the ‘polluter pays’ principle, the precautionary principle and the principles that preventive action should be taken and that environmental damage should be rectified at source as a matter of priority. Case C-534/13. Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 6 October 2015. Tamoil Italia SpA v Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court — Article 191(2) TFEU — Directive 2004/35/EC — Environmental liability — National legislation under which no provision is made for the administrative authorities to require owners of polluted land who have not contributed to that pollution to carry out preventive and remedial measures, and the sole obligation imposed concerns the reimbursement of the measures undertaken by those authorities — Whether compatible with the ‘polluter pays’ principle, the precautionary principle and the principles that preventive action should be taken and that environmental damage should be rectified at source as a matter of priority. Case C-156/14. Case C-378/08: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 9 March 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale amministrativo regionale della Sicilia — Italy) — Raffinerie Mediterranee (ERG) SpA, Polimeri Europa SpA, Syndial SpA v Ministero dello Sviluppo economico, Ministero della Salute, Ministero Ambiente e Tutela del Territorio e del Mare, Ministero delle Infrastrutture, Ministero dei Trasporti, Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, Ministero dell’Interno, Regione siciliana, Assessorato regionale Territorio ed Ambiente (Sicilia), Assessorato regionale Industria (Sicilia), Prefettura di Siracusa, Istituto superiore di Sanità, Commissario Delegato per Emergenza Rifiuti e Tutela Acque (Sicilia), Vice Commissario Delegato per Emergenza Rifiuti e Tutela Acque (Sicilia), Agenzia Protezione Ambiente e Servizi tecnici (APAT), Agenzia regionale Protezione Ambiente (ARPA Sicilia), Istituto centrale Ricerca scientifica e tecnologica applicata al Mare, Subcommissario per la Bonifica dei Siti contaminati, Provincia regionale di Siracusa, Consorzio ASI Sicilia orientale Zona Sud, Comune di Siracusa, Comune di Augusta, Comune di Melilli, Comune di Priolo Gargallo, Azienda Unità sanitaria locale No 8, Sviluppo Italia Aree Produttive SpA, Invitalia (Agenzia nazionale per l’attrazione degli investimenti e lo sviluppo d’impresa) SpA, formerly Sviluppo Italia SpA, ( Polluter pays principle — Directive 2004/35/EC — Environmental liability — Applicability ratione temporis — Pollution occurring before the date laid down for implementation of that directive and continuing after that date — National legislation imposing liability on a number of undertakings for the costs of remedying the damage connected with such pollution — Requirement for fault or negligence — Requirement for a causal link — Public works contracts) {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 3.1 {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 11.2 {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 4.5 Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 9 July 2020. Naturschutzbund Deutschland - Landesverband Schleswig-Holstein e.V. v Kreis Nordfriesland. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Environmental liability — Directive 2004/35/EC — Second indent of the third paragraph of Annex I — Damage not having to be classified as ‘significant damage’ — Concept of ‘normal management of sites, as defined in habitat records or target documents or as carried on previously by owners or operators’ — Article 2(7) — Concept of ‘occupational activity’ — Activity carried out in the public interest pursuant to a statutory assignment of tasks — Whether or not included. Case C-297/19. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 13 June 2018. Deutscher Naturschutzring – Dachverband der deutschen Natur- und Umweltschutzverbände e.V. v Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Köln. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common Fisheries Policy — Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 — Article 11 — Conservation of marine biological resources — Protection of the environment — Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora — Exclusive competence of the European Union. Case C-683/16. Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 1 June 2017. Proceedings brought by Gert Folk. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environmental liability — Directive 2004/35/EC — Article 17 — Temporal scope of application — Operation of a hydroelectric power plant put into operation before the period for transposing that directive had expired — Article 2(1)(b) — Concept of ‘environmental damage’ — National law excluding all damage covered by an authorisation — Article 12(1) — Access to justice in environmental matters — Locus standi — Directive 2000/60/EC — Article 4(7) — Direct effect. Case C-529/15. Case C-297/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Germany) lodged on 11 April 2019 — Naturschutzbund Deutschland — Landesverband Schleswig-Holstein e.V. v Kreis Nordfriesland annex I paragraph 2 indent 2 article 2 paragraph 7 Case C-529/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 7 October 2015 — Gert Folk article 19 paragraph 1 article 12 article 2 paragraph 1 point (b) article 13 Case C-683/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Köln (Germany) lodged on 27 December 2016 — Deutscher Naturschutzring, Dachverband der deutschen Natur- und Umweltschutzverbände e.V. v Bundesrepublik Deutschland Case C-129/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Szolnoki Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bíróság (Hungary) lodged on 1 March 2016 — Túrkevei Tejtermelő Kft. v Országos Környezetvédelmi és Természetvédelmi Főfelügyelőség Legal basis Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version) Part Three: Community policies Title XIX: Environment Article 175 Article 130s - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version) Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version) Part Five: Institutions of the Community Title I: Provisions governing the institutions Chapter 2: Provisions common to several institutions Article 251 Article 189b - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version) EuroVoc Vocabulary Environment Prevention of pollution Pollution and nuisances Approximation of laws Environmental liability Other sectors for approximation of laws Environmental monitoring Cost of pollution Polluter pays principle