CELEX: 62009CJ0030
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations
Directive 96/82/EC
Article 11
External emergency plans

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Infringement of Article 11 of Council Directive 96/82/EC of 9 December 1996
on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances (OJ 1997 L 10, p. 13), as amended by Directive 2003/105/EC
of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ 2003 L 345, p. 97) – Failure to draw up external emergency plans for certain
establishments.
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Declares that, by failing to ensure the implementation of the measures provided for under Article 11 of Council Directive
96/82/EC of 9 December 1996 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances, as amended by Directive
2003/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2003, the Portuguese Republic has failed to fulfil
its obligations under that article;
2.
Orders the Portuguese Republic to pay the costs.