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Document 62006CJ0066
Summary of the Judgment
Summary of the Judgment
On those grounds, the Court (Second Chamber) hereby:
1. Declares that, by not adopting, in conformity with Articles 2(1) and 4(2) to (4) of Council Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment, as amended by Council Directive 97/11/EC of 3 March 1997, all measures to ensure that, before consent is given, projects likely to have significant effects on the environment that belong to the categories of projects covered by point 1(a) to (c) and (f) of Annex II to that directive are made subject to a requirement for development consent and to an assessment with regard to their environmental effects in accordance with Articles 5 to 10 of the directive, Ireland has failed to fulfil its obligations under the directive;
2. Orders Ireland to pay the costs of the Commission of the European Communities;
3. Orders the Republic of Poland to bear its own costs.