Page contents Page contents Most important infringement cases launched in 2020 Most important infringement cases closed without a Court of Justice ruling in 2020 Some of the most important ongoing infringement cases in 2020 Infringement cases referred to the Court of Justice in 2020 Outlook Important implementation work in 2021 includes: ensuring that rulings by the Court of Justice are implemented; enforcement action to ensure complete and correct transposition of the revised EIA Directive (Directive 2011/92/EU) enforcement action for unjustified restrictions on access to justice for citizens and NGOs in environmental matters; enforcement action to ensure complete and correct transposition of the 2018 legislative waste package (Directive 2018/849, Directive 2018/850, Directive 2018/851 and Directive 2018/852); enforcement action to ensure that Member States have adopted waste management plans and waste prevention programmes in accordance with the revised directive on waste; non-conformity cases regarding the Air quality directive (Directive 2008/50/EC) and ensuring correct application of the directive as regards key pollutants; enforcement action to ensure complete and correct transposition, as well as correct implementation, of:– the Industrial Emissions Directive (Directive 2010/75/EU) aiming to prevent, reduce and eliminate pollution arising from industrial activities;– the Seveso III Directive (Directive 2012/18/EU), aiming at reducing the likelihood and consequences of major accidents in establishments where dangerous substances are present; and– the Medium Combustion Plants Directive (MCPD) (Directive (EU) 2015/2193). enforcement action to ensure proper application of the Waste water treatment directive (UWWT, Directive 91/271/EEC) aiming at guaranteeing that urban waste waters are properly collected and treated and that the satisfactory performance of existing urban treatment plant facilities; compliance assurance and the analysis of the second river basin management plans (RBMP), as part of the evaluation (fitness check) of the Water framework Directive (WFD) and the Zero Pollution approach, and identifying gaps and weak spots in the legislation and implementing practice of the Member States; enforcement action to ensure that the Natura 2000 network of protected sites under the Habitats and Birds Directives is completed both on land and sea and that these sites are effectively managed, with conservation objectives and measures established for each one; enforcement action ensuring that action is taken by Member States to reverse declining trends for the most threatened species and habitats; and enforcement action to ensure correct application of the Regulation on Invasive Alien Species. Important Court of Justice rulings against Member States Commission v Finland, C-217/19 Commission v Romania, C-638/18 Commission v Spain, Case C-384/19 Commission v Italy, C-644/18 Commission v Austria, C-161/19 Commission v Cyprus, C-248/19 Commission v Greece, C-298/19 Commission v Greece, C-849/19 Important preliminary rulings: Azienda Municipale Ambiente, C-15/19 Interseroh, C-654/18 Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, C-535/18 Alianța pentru combaterea abuzurilor, C-88/19 A and Others (Wind turbines at Aalter and Nevele), C-24/19 Magistrat der Stadt Wien (Grand hamster), C-477/19 Naturschutzbund Deutschland, C-297/19 WWF Italia Onlus and Others, C-411/19 F. Kamstra Recycling and Others, C-21/19 Friends of the Irish Environment, C-254/19 Sappi Austria Produktion and Wasserverband «Region Gratkorn-Gratwein», C-629/19
