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Court of Justice of the European Union

PRESS RELEASE No 136/2020

Luxembourg, 10 November 2020

Judgment in Case C-644/18 Commission v Italy

Italy has infringed EU law on ambient air quality The limit values applicable to concentrations of PM10 particulate matter were systematically and persistently exceeded between 2008 and 2017 In 2014, the European Commission launched an infringement procedure against the Italian Republic for having systematically and persistently exceeded, in a certain number of zones in Italy, the limit values for PM10 particulate matter laid down by the Air Quality Directive.1

The Commission maintained, first, that, since 2008, the Italian Republic had systematically and persistently exceeded, in the zones concerned, the daily and annual limit values applicable to concentrations of PM10 particulate matter, under Article 13(1) of, read in conjunction with Annex XI to, the Air Quality Directive. Secondly, the Commission complained that the Republic of Italy had failed to fulfil its obligation under Article 23(1), read in conjunction with Annex XV to, that directive, to adopt appropriate measures to ensure compliance with the limit values for PM10 particulate matter in all the zones concerned.