Court of Justice 6 November 2008, C-473/07 (Association nationale pour la protection des eaux et rivières-TOS and Association OABA v Ministère de l'Ecologie, du Développement et de l'Aménagement durables.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I – Introduction 1. By its present reference, the Conseil d’État (Council of State) (France) seeks a preliminary ruling from the Court on the interpretation of subheading 6.6(a) of Annex I to Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control. (2) 2.