Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 11/10/2011

Subject: The Court affirmed that Articles 36(1)(f) and 37 of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 on shipments of waste, read in conjunction with Regulation (EC) No 1418/concerning the export for recovery of certain waste listed in Annex III or IIIA to Regulation No 1013/2006 to certain countries to which the OECD Decision on the control of transboundary movements of wastes does not apply, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 740/2008, must be interpreted as meaning that the export from the European Union to Lebanon of waste, intended for recovery, which falls within category B1120 in List B in Part 1 of Annex V to Regulation No 1013/2006 is prohibited.

Parties: Özlem Garenfeld

Classification: Solidarity - Art. 37 Environmental protection

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