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Inter-Environnement Wallonie ASBL v Région wallonne (C-129/96)
Judgment
Question 2
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Inter-Environnement Wallonie ASBL v Région wallonne (C-129/96)

Judgment of 18 Dec 1997law://eu/cjeu/1996/c-129-96/para_26@2026-11-11

26First of all, it follows from the wording of Article 1(a) of Directive 75/442, as amended, that the scope of the term ‘waste’turns on the meaning of the term ‘discard’.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Full Court
Case: C-129/96 · ECLI:EU:C:1997:628
Decided: 18 Dec 1997
Procedure: Preliminary reference
Applicant: Inter-Environnement Wallonie ASBL
Defendant: Région Wallonne
Rapporteur: L. Sevón
Advocate General: F. G.Jacobs
Bench: 12 judges
C. Gulmann, H. Ragnemalm, R. Schintgen (Presidents of Chambers), G. F. Mancini, J. C. Moitinho de Almeida, P. J. G. Kapteyn, J. L. Murray, D. A. O. Edward, J.-P. Puissochet, G. Hirsch, P. Jann, L. Sevón
Language: French
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 61996CJ0129

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Approximation of laws Law governing the institutions Principles of Union law Waste

History · 1 version

18 Dec 1997Reading

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Interprets 3: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Council Directive 91/156/EEC of 18 March 1991 amending Directive 75/442/EEC on waste; Council Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 1975 on waste
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Cites 15: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)3 provisions; Marleasing SA v La Comercial Internacional de Alimentacion SA (C-106/89); M. H. Marshall v Southampton and South-West Hampshire Area Health Authority (Teaching) (152/84); Aannemersbedrijf P.K. Kraaijeveld BV e.a. v Gedeputeerde Staten van Zuid-Holland (C-72/95); Council Directive 91/689/EEC of 12 December 1991 on hazardous waste; 94/3/EC: Commission Decision of 20 December 1993 establishing a list of wastes pursuant to Article 1a of Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste; Commission of the European Communities v Federal Republic of Germany (C-422/92); Council Directive 91/156/EEC of 18 March 1991 amending Directive 75/442/EEC on waste; Criminal proceedings against Euro Tombesi and Adino Tombesi, Roberto Santella, Giovanni Muzi and others and Anselmo Savini (C-304/94, C-330/94, C-342/94, C-224/95); Council Directive 94/31/EC of 27 June 1994 amending Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste; Council Directive 78/319/EEC of 20 March 1978 on toxic and dangerous waste; Inter-Environnement Wallonie ASBL v Région wallonne (C-129/96); Criminal proceedings against E. Zanetti and others (C-359/88); Council Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 1975 on waste; Verbond van Nederlandse Ondernemingen v Inspecteur der Invoerrechten en Accijnzen (51/76)