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Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 26 June 2003. # Commission of the European Communities v French Republic. # Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 90/313/EEC - Freedom of access to information on the environment - Incomplete or incorrect transposition. # Case C-233/00.
Wyrok Trybunału (szósta izba) z dnia 26 czerwca 2003 r.
Komisja Wspólnot Europejskich przeciwko Republice Francuskiej.
Uchybienie zobowiązaniom Państwa Członkowskiego - Dyrektywa 90/313/CEE.
Sprawa C-233/00.
Wyrok Trybunału (szósta izba) z dnia 26 czerwca 2003 r.
Komisja Wspólnot Europejskich przeciwko Republice Francuskiej.
Uchybienie zobowiązaniom Państwa Członkowskiego - Dyrektywa 90/313/CEE.
Sprawa C-233/00.
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2003:371
«(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Directive 90/313/EEC – Freedom of access to information on the environment – Incomplete or incorrect transposition)»
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(Council Directive 90/313, Art. 2(a))
(Council Directive 90/313, Art. 3(2) and (3))
(Art. 226 EC)
(Council Directive 90/313, Art. 3(3))
(Council Directive 90/313, Art. 3(4))
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Sixth Chamber)
26 June 2003 (1)
((Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Directive 90/313/EEC – Freedom of access to information on the environment – Incomplete or incorrect transposition))
In Case C-233/00, Commission of the European Communities, represented by G. zur Hausen and J.-F. Pasquier, acting as Agents, with an address for service in Luxembourg,applicant,
v
French Republic, represented initially by J.-F. Dobelle and D. Colas, and subsequently by D. Colas and G. de Bergues, acting as Agents,defendant,
APPLICATION for a declaration that, by failing correctly to transpose Articles 2(a) and 3(2), (3) and (4) of Council Directive 90/313/EEC of 7 June 1990 on the freedom of access to information on the environment (OJ 1990 L 158, p. 56), the French Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive and under the third paragraph of Article 189 of the EC Treaty (now the third paragraph of Article 249 EC),THE COURT (Sixth Chamber),,
having regard to the Report for the Hearing,
after hearing oral argument from the parties at the hearing on 17 October 2002, at which the Commission was represented by J.-F. Pasquier and the French Republic by C. Isidoro, acting as Agent,after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 14 January 2003,
gives the following
On those grounds,
THE COURT (Sixth Chamber)
hereby:
Puissochet |
Schintgen |
Skouris |
Macken |
Cunha Rodrigues |
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R. Grass |
J.-P. Puissochet |
Registrar |
President of the Sixth Chamber |