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Document 62006CJ0078

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 7 December 2006.
Commission of the European Communities v Grand Duchy of Luxemburg.
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2002/49/EC - Assessment and management of environmental noise - Failure to transpose within the period prescribed.
Case C-78/06.

European Court Reports 2006 I-00128*

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2006:768





Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 7 December 2006 – Commission v Luxembourg

(Case C-78/06)

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Directive 2002/49/EC – Assessment and management of environmental noise – Failure to transpose within the period prescribed

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 take, within the period prescribed, the measures necessary to comply with Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2002 relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise (OJ 2002 L 189, p. 12).

Operative part

The Court:

1.

Declares that, by failing to take, within the period prescribed, the measures necessary to comply with Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2002 relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;

2.

Orders the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to pay the costs.

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