Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations Failure to transpose within the prescribed period Directive 2000/60/EC Community action in the field of water policy
Sumário
Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 12 January 2006.
Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic.
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2000/60/EC -Community action in the field of water policy - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period .
Case C-85/05.
Texto da decisão
Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 12 January 2006 – Commission v Italy
(Case C‑85/05)
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Directive 2000/60/EC – Community action in the field of water policy – Failure to transpose within the prescribed period
Actions for failure to fulfil obligations – Examination of merits by the Court – Situation to be taken into consideration – Situation on expiry of the period laid down in the reasoned opinion (Art. 226 EC) (see para. 7)
Re:
| Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure to adopt the provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (OJ 2000 L 327, p. 1) |
Operative part:
The Court:
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Declares that, by failing to adopt, within the prescribed period, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy, the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive; |
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Orders the Italian Republic to pay the costs. |