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Document C2006/060/17

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 12 January 2006 in Case C-37/05: Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 85/337/EEC, as amended by Directive 97/11/EC — Assessment of the effects of projects on the environment — Consents granted without assessment)

SL C 60, 11.3.2006, p. 9–9 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)

11.3.2006   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 60/9


JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Fifth Chamber)

of 12 January 2006

in Case C-37/05: Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 85/337/EEC, as amended by Directive 97/11/EC - Assessment of the effects of projects on the environment - Consents granted without assessment)

(2006/C 60/17)

Language of the case: English

In Case C-37/05, Commission of the European Communities (Agent: M. van Beek, assisted by F. Louis and A. Capobianco, avocats) v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Agent: C. White) — Action under Article 226 EC for failure to fulfil obligations, brought on 31 January 2005 — the Court (Fifth Chamber), composed of J. Makarczyk (Rapporteur), President of the Chamber, R. Silva de Lapuerta and P. Kūris, Judges; M. Poiares Maduro, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, gave a judgment on 12 January 2006, in which it:

1.

Declares that, in failing to correctly transpose Articles 2(1) and 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, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;

2.

Orders the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 82, 2.4.2005.


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