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Article 9 Water Framework Directive - what does the term "water services" mean? On the EU Court of Justice conclusions of Advocate General Jääskinen in case C-525/12
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Abstract The conclusions of Advocate General Jääskinen in the matter of the infringement proceedings
against Germany, regarding the scope of the term “water services” in Article 9 of the Water
Framework Directive, are now available. In these he considers that the action brought by the
Commission against t... view more
The conclusions of Advocate General Jääskinen in the matter of the infringement proceedings
against Germany, regarding the scope of the term “water services” in Article 9 of the Water
Framework Directive, are now available. In these he considers that the action brought by the
Commission against the narrow interpretation in Germany, which is restricted to water supply
and waste water disposal, is inadmissible due to the fact that there is no complaint in respect
of any clearly defined conduct that would constitute an infringement; in the alternative
he materially agrees in full with the position put forward by Germany. However, this paper
argues that the AG’s main arguments in favour of a strict interpretation are misleading.... view less
Keywords
water management; sewage; EU; directive; environmental law; environmental policy; cost recovery; interpretation of the law; European Court of Justice; Federal Republic of Germany
Classification
European Politics
Ecology, Environment
Law
Document language
English
Publication Year
2014
City
Leipzig
Page/Pages
9 p.
Series
UFZ Discussion Papers, 20/2014
ISSN
1436-140X
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike