Court of Justice 8 February 2007, C-252/05 (The Queen on the application of Thames Water Utilities Ltd v South East London Division, Bromley Magistrates' Court (District Judge Carr).)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I – Introduction 1. In the present proceedings, the Court of Justice must take a view on the relationship between waste law and sewage (waste-water) law. The question is asked as to whether sewage which escapes from a sewerage network (collecting system) is to be regarded as waste.