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EFPIA v Parliament and Council (Case T-158/25): Challenge to Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (EU) 2024/3019
EFPIA brought an action to annul provisions of Directive (EU) 2024/3019 concerning urban wastewater treatment, arguing that the Directive imposes disproportionate and discriminatory financial obligations on producers of human medicines for micropollution, in breach of the polluter-pays principle and legal certainty.
General Court of the European Union
Date Added
22 April 2026 at 07:31:33
Why it matters
The case tests the allocation of environmental liability and cost for pharmaceutical pollution, with implications for ESG reporting, greenwashing risk, and producer responsibility under EU environmental law.
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