The Court of Justice of the EU ruled in 2004 that Greece was violating EU law by not adequately collecting and treating waste water discharged into the Gulf of Elefsina (Judgement No C-119/02 of 24 June 2004).

In terms of treaty rights, either the right of self-government continues as a residual Aboriginal right that was not extinguished by treaty or the right of self-government is itself a treaty right which was recognized when the Crown entered into treaties with Indian nations.

(15)‘waste water’ means urban, domestic and industrial waste water, as defined in Article 2(1), (2) and (3) of Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste water treatment , and any other used water which is subject, because of the substances or objects it contains, to regulation by Community law.

‘waste water’ means urban, domestic and industrial waste water, as defined in Article 2(1), (2) and (3) of Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste water treatment , and any other used water which is subject, because of the substances or objects it contains, to regulation by Community law.

They have the great basket clause of “Property and Civil Rights” under section 92.13.

The main fields in which there have been failures to comply with the legislation either because it has not been transposed into national law or because the provisions of the Community legislation were not being complied with are the following: solid waste (three Member States were found by the Court of Justice in 2002 not to have introduced plans for waste management in accordance with the legislation on solid waste), water pollution by nitrates from agriculture (several adverse judgements from the Court of Justice), the treatment of urban waste water, water quality and, finally, compliance with the procedure for environmental impact assessments for various public and private projects ...[+++].