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DenisBede
UniversityofTrnava,DepartmentofAdministrativeLaw,EnvironmentalLaw
andFinancialLaw,FacultyofLaw
Transparencyincontrol
ofenvironmental
regulationscompliance
Introduction
Withaveryrecentexampleoffailureincompliancewithrequirements
ofCouncilDirective1999/31/ECof26April1999onthelandfillofwaste,
Slovakiademonstrateshowimportantitistofulfillobligationsunderthe
Europeanenvironmentallawandhowcostlyasinglecaseofnon-compli-
ancewithenvironmentalprovisionscanbe.InitsfirstjudgementinCase
C-331/11theCourtofJusticefound,that“byauthorizingtheoperationof
landfillsitewithoutasite-conditioningplanandintheabsenceofadefi-
nitedecisiononthecontinuedoperationonthebasisofanapprovedsite-
conditioningplanSlovakRepublichadfailedtocomplywiththerequire-
mentsunderArticle14a)toc)”1oftheabove-mentionedDirective,that
requiresMemberStatestotakemeasurestoensurethatlandfills,which
havebeengrantedapermitorwhicharealreadyinoperationatthetime
oftranspositionoftheDirective,maynotcontinueoperationuntilthey
prepareandpresenttotheauthoritiesfortheirapprovalaconditioning
planandtakecorrectivemeasures,ifneeded,inordertocomplywiththe
requirementsoftheDirective.
1
Judgementof4July2018,CommissionvSlovakia,C-626/16,EU:C:2018:525,para-
graph8.
