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Document 62022CN0481
Case C-481/22: Action brought on 18 July 2022 — European Commission v Ireland
Case C-481/22: Action brought on 18 July 2022 — European Commission v Ireland
Case C-481/22: Action brought on 18 July 2022 — European Commission v Ireland
OJ C 398, 17.10.2022, p. 13–13
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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17.10.2022 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 398/13 |
Action brought on 18 July 2022 — European Commission v Ireland
(Case C-481/22)
(2022/C 398/16)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: European Commission (represented by: L. Armati and E. Sanfrutos Cano, Agents)
Defendant: Ireland
The applicant claims that the Court should:
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declare that by failing to take the measures necessary to ensure that water intended for human consumption meets the minimum requirement of the parametric value for Trihalomethanes — Total set out in Annex I, Part B of Council Directive 98/83/EC of 3 November 1998 on the quality of water intended for human consumption (1) (the ‘Directive’) in 21 public water supply zones and in 9 private group water schemes, and that the necessary remedial action is taken as soon as possible to restore the quality of the water intended for human consumption in the aforementioned public water supply zones and private group water schemes and failing to give priority to its enforcement action, having regard inter alia to the extent to which the relevant parametric value has been exceeded and to the potential danger to human health, Ireland has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 4(1), in conjunction with Annex I Part B, and Article 8(2) of the Directive; and |
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order Ireland to pay the costs. |
Pleas in law and main arguments
The period prescribed for transposing the directive expired on 26 December 2003, with stricter requirements applying from 26 December 2008.