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Document C2004/217/07
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 8 July 2004 Case C-27/03: Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium (Member State's failure to fulfil obligations — Environment — Directive 91/271/EEC — Decision 93/481/EEC — Collection and treatment of urban waste water — Failure to transpose within the period prescribed)
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 8 July 2004 Case C-27/03: Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium (Member State's failure to fulfil obligations — Environment — Directive 91/271/EEC — Decision 93/481/EEC — Collection and treatment of urban waste water — Failure to transpose within the period prescribed)
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 8 July 2004 Case C-27/03: Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium (Member State's failure to fulfil obligations — Environment — Directive 91/271/EEC — Decision 93/481/EEC — Collection and treatment of urban waste water — Failure to transpose within the period prescribed)
JO C 217, 28.8.2004, p. 4–5
(ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)
28.8.2004 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 217/4 |
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(Fourth Chamber)
of 8 July 2004
Case C-27/03: Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium (1)
(Member State's failure to fulfil obligations - Environment - Directive 91/271/EEC - Decision 93/481/EEC - Collection and treatment of urban waste water - Failure to transpose within the period prescribed)
(2004/C 217/07)
Language of the case: Dutch
In Case C-27/03: Commission of the European Communities (Agents: G. Valero Jordana and M. van Beek) v Kingdom of Belgium (Agent: A. Snoecx, assisted by A. Cornet) — application for a declaration that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations or administrative provisions necessary to the full implementing of Articles 3, 5 and 17 — the last being read in conjunction with Articles 3 and 4 — of Directive 91/271/EEC of the Council of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste-water treatment (OJ 1991 L 135, p. 40), and of Commission Decision 93/481/EEC of 28 July 1993 concerning formats for the presentation of national programmes as foreseen by Article 17 of Directive 91/271/EEC (OJ 1993 L 226, p. 23), the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive and that decision — the Court (Fourth Chamber), composed of: J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, President of the Chamber, J.-P. Puissochet and F. Macken (Rapporteur), Judges; F.G. Jacobs, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a judgment on 8 July 2004 in which it:
1. |
Declares that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations or administrative provisions necessary to the full implementing of Articles 3, 5 and 17 — the last being read in conjunction with Articles 3 and 4 — of Directive 91/271/EEC of the Council of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste-water treatment (OJ 1991 L 135, p. 40), and of Commission Decision 93/481/EEC of 28 July 1993 concerning formats for the presentation of national programmes as foreseen by Article 17 of Directive 91/271/EEC (OJ 1993 L 226, p. 23), the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 226 EC and under that directive and that decision. |
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Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs. |