Court of Justice of the European Union · Judgment

C-293/97The Queen v Secretary of State for the Environment and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, ex parte H.A. Standley and Others and D.G.D. Metson and Others

Decided: 1999-04-29
ECLI: ECLI:EU:C:1999:215
CELEX: 61997CJ0293
Finality: Final, the decision cannot be appealed

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Directive 91/676/EEC - Protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources - Identification of waters affected by pollution - Designation of vulnerable zones - Criteria - Validity in the light of the polluter pays principle, the principle that environmental damage should as a priority be rectified at source, the principle of proportionality and the right to property.

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