CELEX: 62005CJ0037
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations
Directive 85/337/EEC, as amended by Directive 97/11/EC
Assessment of the effects of projects on the environment
Consents granted without assessment

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Breach of Articles 2(1) and 4 of Council Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June
1985 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (OJ 1985 L 175, p. 40), as
amended by Council Directive 97/11/EC of 3 March 1997 (OJ 1997 L 73, p. 5) – Consents granted without assessment
Operative part:
The Court:
1.
Declares that, in failing to correctly transpose Articles 2(1) and 4 of Council Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the
assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment, as amended by Council Directive 97/11/EC
of 3 March 1997, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has failed to fulfil its obligations under that
directive;
2.
Orders the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to pay the costs.