Judgment_paragraph 57 · Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare and Others v Fipa Group srl and Others (C-534/13)

57The particular importance for the application of the ‘polluter pays’ principle, hence for the liability mechanism provided for in Directive 2004/35, of the condition relating to a relationship of causality between the operator’s activity and the environmental damage is also apparent from the provisions of that directive which relate to the inferences to be drawn from the fact that the operator did not contribute to the pollution or to the risk of pollution.