Cases / Waste management · Poland · 2023–2024
Poland takes Germany to EU court over 35,000 tonnes of illegal waste
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
Poland brought a case at the EU Court of Justice over 35,000 tonnes of illegal German waste, according to Demagog. The sources reviewed do not describe the environmental effects of the waste.
What?
Poland brought an action at the EU Court of Justice against Germany over 35,000 tonnes of illegal German waste. Demagog
Where?
Poland and Germany Demagog
When?
2023-2024 Demagog
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Legal action before the EU Court of Justice; the Advocate General found the action admissible only for one site. Demagog
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who
What happened
The record, in order.
Demagog reported that Poland brought a case at the EU Court of Justice over 35,000 tonnes of illegal German waste.
Demagog reported that the Advocate General found the action admissible for only one site.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
- OngoingPoland v Germany (illegal waste shipments)Court of Justice of the European Union · other · Poland → Germany
Poland brought the action over 35,000 tonnes of illegal German waste. The Advocate General found it admissible only for one site; the sources reviewed record no final judgment. Demagog
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record The sources reviewed do not say which site the Advocate General accepted, whether a final judgment has been given, or who sent or received the shipments.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts✓ Press and investigations— Communities and civil society— Researchers
Press and investigations
- Spór w sprawie nielegalnie zwiezionych odpadówDemagog · 2023-2024
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