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Document C2006/048/18

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 15 December 2005 in Case C-33/05: Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium (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 period prescribed)

IO C 48, 25.2.2006, p. 9–9 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)

25.2.2006   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 48/9


JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Sixth Chamber)

of 15 December 2005

in Case C-33/05: Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium (1)

(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 period prescribed)

(2006/C 48/18)

Language of the case: French

In Case C-33/05 Commission of the European Communities (Agents: J. Hottiaux and S. Pardo Quintillán) v Kingdom of Belgium (Agent: M. Wimmer) — ACTION for a declaration of failure to fulfil obligations pursuant to Article 226 EC, brought on 31 January 2005 — the Court (Sixth Chamber), composed of J. Malenovský, President of the Chamber, J.-P. Puissochet and A. Ó. Caoimh (Rapporteur), Judges; P. Léger, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a judgment on 15 December 2005, in which it:

1.

Declares that, by failing to adopt within the period prescribed 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, as regards the Brussels-Capital Region, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive.

2.

Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 82, 2.4.2005.


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