CELEX: 62007CJ0516
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations
Directive 2000/60/EC
Framework for Community action in the field of water policy
Designation of competent authorities for hydrographic districts

Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations – Failure to adopt, within the period prescribed, the measures necessary
to comply with Article 3(2), (7) and (8) of Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October
2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (OJ 2000 L 327, p. 1).
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Declares that, by failing to designate the competent authorities for the application of the provisions of Directive 2000/60/EC
of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field
of water policy concerning the Autonomous Communities of Galicia, the Basque Country, Andalusia, the Balearic Islands and
the Canary Islands, the Kingdom of Spain has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 3(2), (7) and (8) of that directive;
2.
Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs.