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Document 62011CN0223
Case C-223/11: Action brought on 13 May 2011 — European Commission v Portuguese Republic
Case C-223/11: Action brought on 13 May 2011 — European Commission v Portuguese Republic
Case C-223/11: Action brought on 13 May 2011 — European Commission v Portuguese Republic
SL C 211, 16.7.2011, p. 16–16
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
16.7.2011 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 211/16 |
Action brought on 13 May 2011 — European Commission v Portuguese Republic
(Case C-223/11)
2011/C 211/30
Language of the case: Portuguese
Parties
Applicant: European Commission (represented by P. Guerra e Andrade and I. Hadjiyannis, Agents)
Defendant: Portuguese Republic
Form of order sought
The Commission claims that the Court should:
1. |
Declare that:
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2. |
Order the Portuguese Republic to pay the costs. |
Pleas in law and main arguments
Article 13 of Directive 2000/60/EC
Article 13(6), in conjunction with Article 13(1) and (2), of Directive 2000/60/EC, provides that the river basin management plans of every river basin district, whether national or international, falling entirely within the European Union must be published by 22 December 2009 at the latest.
The Commission has not been notified, nor is it aware, that any such plans have been published, so far as Portugal is concerned.
Article 14 of Directive 2000/60/EC
As the Directive makes clear, public participation is considered essential to the pursuit of the Directive’s objectives.
The Commission has not been notified, nor is it aware, that any draft river basin management plans whatsoever have been published or made available for comments to the public, including users.
Article 15 of Directive 2000/60/EC
The Commission has received from the Portuguese State no copies of plans for river basin management or of those for national or international river basin districts.
(1) 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).