(39)As established by the case law of the Court of Justice 13 , the fact that an air quality plan has been drawn up does not, in itself, mean that a Member State has nevertheless fulfilled its obligations to ensure that levels of air pollutants do not exceed the air quality standards established by this Directive.
Recital 39
- 13 Judgment of the Court of Justice of 19 November 2014, ClientEarth v The Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs , C-404/13, ECLI:EU:C:2014:2382, paragraph 49, and judgment of the Court of Justice of 10 November 2020, European Commission v Italian Republic , C-644/18, ECLI:EU:C:2020:895, paragraph 154. ↩