CELEX: 62006CJ0152
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations
Directive 2002/95/EC
Hazardous substances
Electrical and electronic equipment
Failure to transpose within the prescribed period

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure to ensure the transposition within the prescribed period, with regard
to the autonomous province of Åland, of Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003
on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (OJ 2003 L 37, p. 19).
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Declares that by failing to adopt, with regard to the Åland Islands, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary
to comply with Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on the restriction of
the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, the Republic of Finland has failed to fulfil
its obligations under that directive;
2.
Orders the Republic of Finland to pay the costs.