CELEX: 62007CJ0147
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations
Directives 80/778/EEC and 98/83/EC
Quality of water intended for human consumption
Maximum concentrations of nitrates and pesticides
Incorrect application

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure to adopt, within the prescribed period, the measures necessary to
comply with Article 4 of Council Directive 98/83/EC of 3 November 1998 on the quality of water intended for human consumption
(OJ 1998 L 330, p. 32) – Failure, in certain
départements
, to remain within the chemical parameters laid down in Annex I, Part B, to Directive 98/83 – Nitrates and pesticides.
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Declares that, by failing to take the measures necessary to comply with Article 4 of Council Directive 98/83/EC of 3 November
1998 on the quality of water intended for human consumption, the French Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under
that directive;
2.
Orders the French Republic to pay the costs.