CELEX: 62008CJ0330
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations
Directive 2004/35/EC
Environmental liability
Prevention and remedying of environmental damage
Failure to transpose within the prescribed period

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure to adopt the provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2004/35/CE
of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and
remedying of environmental damage (OJ 2004 L 143, p. 56).
Operative part
The Court
1.
Declares that, by failing to adopt, within the prescribed period, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary
to comply with Directive 2004/35/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on environmental liability
with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage, the French Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations
under Article 19(1) of that directive;
2.
Orders the French Republic to pay the costs.