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Case C-473/07: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 22 January 2009 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État (France)) — Association nationale pour la protection des eaux et rivières — TOS, Association OABA v Ministère de l'écologie, du développement et de l'aménagement durables (Pollution and nuisance — Directive 96/61/EC — Annex I — Subheading 6.6(a) — Intensive rearing of poultry — Definition — Meaning of poultry — Maximum number of animals per installation)
Case C-473/07: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 22 January 2009 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État (France)) — Association nationale pour la protection des eaux et rivières — TOS, Association OABA v Ministère de l'écologie, du développement et de l'aménagement durables (Pollution and nuisance — Directive 96/61/EC — Annex I — Subheading 6.6(a) — Intensive rearing of poultry — Definition — Meaning of poultry — Maximum number of animals per installation)
Case C-473/07: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 22 January 2009 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État (France)) — Association nationale pour la protection des eaux et rivières — TOS, Association OABA v Ministère de l'écologie, du développement et de l'aménagement durables (Pollution and nuisance — Directive 96/61/EC — Annex I — Subheading 6.6(a) — Intensive rearing of poultry — Definition — Meaning of poultry — Maximum number of animals per installation)
OJ C 69, 21.3.2009, p. 9–9
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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21.3.2009 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 69/9 |
Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 22 January 2009 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État (France)) — Association nationale pour la protection des eaux et rivières — TOS, Association OABA v Ministère de l'écologie, du développement et de l'aménagement durables
(Case C-473/07) (1)
(Pollution and nuisance - Directive 96/61/EC - Annex I - Subheading 6.6(a) - Intensive rearing of poultry - Definition - Meaning of ‘poultry’ - Maximum number of animals per installation)
(2009/C 69/13)
Language of the case: French
Referring court
Conseil d'État
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicants: Association nationale pour la protection des eaux et rivières — TOS, Association OABA
Defendant: Ministère de l'écologie, du développement et de l'aménagement durables
Intervener: Association France Nature Environnement
Re:
Reference for a preliminary ruling — Conseil d'État (France) — Interpretation of Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (OJ 1996 L 257, p. 26) — Scope ratione materiae of the directive — Installations for the intensive rearing of poultry with more than 40 000 places (subject to an authorisation requirement) (subheading 6.6(a) of Annex I to the directive) — Concepts of ‘poultry’ and ‘places’ — Whether quail, partridge and pigeon are included within the scope of the directive — If so, whether national legislation which gives weighting to the number of animals per place according to species is permissible
Operative part of the judgment
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The term ‘poultry’, which appears in subheading 6.6(a) of Annex I to Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 September 2003, must be interpreted as including quails, partridges and pigeons. |
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Subheading 6.6(a) of Annex I to Directive 96/61, as amended by Regulation No 1882/2003, precludes national legislation, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, which calculates the thresholds for authorisation of installations for intensive rearing on the basis of a system of ‘animal-equivalents’ founded on a weighting of animals by places according to species so that account may be taken of the amount of nitrogen actually excreted by the various bird species. |