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In Case C-129/96,
Judgment of the Court
of 18 December 1997
Inter-Environnement Wallonie ASBL v Région wallonne.
Reference for a preliminary ruling: Conseil d'Etat - Belgium.
Directive 91/156/EEC - Period for transposition - Effects - Definition of waste.
Case C-129/96.
REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EC Treaty by the Belgian Conseil d'Etat for a
preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between
Inter-Environnement Wallonie ASBL
and
Région Wallonne
on the interpretation of Articles 5 and 189 of the EEC Treaty and Article 1(a) of Council Directive
75/442/EEC of 15 July 1975 on waste (OJ 1975 L 194, p. 39), as amended by Council Directive
91/156/EEC of 18 March 1991 (OJ 1991 L 78, p. 32),
THE COURT,
composed of: G.C. Rodríguez Iglesias, President, C. Gulmann, H. Ragnemalm and 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 and L. Sevon (Rapporteur), Judges,
Advocate General: F.G. Jacobs,
Registrar: H. von Holstein, Deputy Registrar,
after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of:
- Inter-Environnement Wallonie ASBL, by Jacques Sambon, of the Brussels Bar,
- the Belgian Government, by Jan Devadder, Senior Adviser in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, External
Trade and Development Cooperation, acting as Agent,
- the German Government, by Ernst Röder, Ministerialrat in the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs, and
Bernd Kloke, Oberregierungsrat in the same ministry, acting as Agents,
- the French Government, by Jean-François Dobelle, Deputy Director in the Legal Directorate of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Romain Nadal, Assistant Foreign Affairs Secretary in that directorate,
acting as Agents,
- the Netherlands Government, by Adriaan Bos, Legal Adviser in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, acting
as Agent;
- the United Kingdom Government, by John E. Collins, Assistant Treasury Solicitor, acting as Agent, and
Derrick Wyatt QC, and
- the Commission of the European Communities, by Maria Condou-Durande, of its Legal Service, acting
as Agent,
having regard to the Report for the Hearing,
after hearing the oral observations of Inter-Environnement Wallonie ASBL, represented by Jacques
Sambon; the French Government, represented by Jean-François Dobelle and Romain Nadal; the
Netherlands Government, represented by Johannes Steven van den Oosterkamp, Deputy Legal Adviser in
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, acting as Agent; the United Kingdom Government, represented by Derrick
Wyatt QC; and the Commission, represented by Maria Condou Durande, at the hearing on 5 February
1997,
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