Court of Justice 20 June 2019, C-212/18 (Prato Nevoso Termo Energy Srl v Provincia di Cuneo and ARPA Piemonte.)

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The Advocate General's opinion addresses the compatibility of national legislation with EU directives regarding the use of chemically treated used vegetable oils as fuel in energy production. It questions whether national rules that classify such oils as waste, without assessing their end-of-waste status based on environmental impact, contravene Article 6 of Directive 2008/98/EC and Article 13 of Directive 2009/28/EC. The opinion suggests that the current legal framework may restrict the evaluation of these oils' environmental effects, potentially undermining the principles of proportionality and free movement of goods within the EU.AI