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Document 62012CN0193
Case C-193/12: Action brought on 25 April 2012 — European Commission v French Republic
Case C-193/12: Action brought on 25 April 2012 — European Commission v French Republic
Case C-193/12: Action brought on 25 April 2012 — European Commission v French Republic
SL C 217, 21.7.2012, p. 6–7
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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21.7.2012 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 217/6 |
Action brought on 25 April 2012 — European Commission v French Republic
(Case C-193/12)
2012/C 217/12
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: European Commission (represented by: B. Simon and J. Hottiaux, acting as Agents)
Defendant: French Republic
Form of order sought
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Declare that, by failing to designate as vulnerable zones a number of zones characterised by the presence of surface and groundwater bodies which are, or may be, affected by excessive nitrate content and/or eutrophication, the French Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 3(1) and (4) of and Annex I to Council Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources, (1) |
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order the French Republic to pay the costs. |
Pleas in law and main arguments
The Commission complains that when the defendant carried out a revision of the vulnerable zones in 2007, its designation of those zones was not comprehensive, as it ought to have been under Article 3(1) and (4) of and Annex I to Directive 91/676/EEC.
The Commission complains in particular that the French authorities failed to designate 10 additional vulnerable zones and did not provide any specific information that might justify that omission.