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PRESS RELEASE No 94/22

Luxembourg, 2 June 2022

Judgment of the Court in Case C-43/21 | FCC Česká republika

The mere extension of the duration of the operation of waste disposal at a landfill does not constitute a substantial change to the operating permit

Such an extension does not require the landfill operator to apply for a new permit. In such a situation, the directive on industrial emissions does not oblige Member States to enable the public concerned to participate in the decision-making process or to guarantee them a right to judicial redress in order to challenge the legality of that process.

FCC Česká republika operates a landfill site in the borough Praha-Ďáblice (Czech Republic), on the basis of a permit issued in 2007. At the end of 2015, FCC Česká republika applied to the Prague city administration to postpone the planned end date of operation of the landfill, fixed at 31 December 2015. The Prague city administration granted that request and postponed the date of discontinuation of waste disposal at the landfill to 31 December 2017. (...)