Judgment_paragraph 44 · Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare and Others v Fipa Group srl and Others (C-534/13)

44It follows from the first and second indents of Article 17 of Directive 2004/35, read in conjunction with recital 30 thereto, that the directive applies only to damage caused by an emission, event or incident which took place on or after 30 April 2007, where the damage derives from activities which took place on or after that date or from activities which took place before that date, but were not brought to completion before that date (see, to that effect, judgments in ERG and Others, EU:C:2010:126, paragraphs 40 and 41; ERG and Others, EU:C:2010:127, paragraph 34; and order in Buzzi Unicem and Others, EU:C:2010:129, paragraph 32).