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Document 62008CJ0402

Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 12 March 2009.
Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Slovenia.
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2004/35/EC - Environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period.
Case C-402/08.

European Court Reports 2009 I-00034*

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2009:157





Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 12 March 2009 – Commission v Slovenia

(Case C‑402/08)

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Directive 2004/35/EC – Environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage – Failure to transpose within the prescribed period

1.                     Actions for failure to fulfil obligations – Examination of the 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. 11)

2.                     Member States – Obligations – Implementation of directives – Failure to fulfil obligations – National system pleaded as justification – Not permissible (Art. 226 EC) (see para. 12)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure to adopt within the prescribed period the provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2004/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage (OJ 2004 L 143, p. 56).

Operative part

The Court:

1.

Declares that, by failing to adopt, within the prescribed period, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2004/35/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage, the Republic of Slovenia has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive.

2.

Orders the Republic of Slovenia to pay the costs.

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