# C_2006036EN.01000402.xml

| 11.2.2006 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 36/4 |
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11.2.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 36/4

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JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Grand Chamber)

of 15 November 2005

in Case C-320/03: Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Austria (1)

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(Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Articles 28 EC to 30 EC - Free movement of goods - Articles 1 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 881/92 - Articles 1 and 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 3118/93 - Transport - Sectoral prohibition on the movement of lorries of more than 7.5 tonnes carrying certain goods - Air quality - Protection of health and the environment - Proportionality principle)

(2006/C 36/07)

Language of the case: German

In Case C-320/03, Commission of the European Communities (Agents: C. Schmidt, W. Wils and G. Braun), supported by Federal Republic of Germany (Agents: W.-D. Plessing and A. Tiemann, assisted by T. Lübbig, lawyer), Italian Republic (Agent: I.M. Braguglia, assisted by G. De Bellis, Avvocato dello Stato), Kingdom of the Netherlands, (Agent: H.G. Sevenster) v Republic of Austria (Agents: E. Riedl and H. Dossi) — Action under Article 226 EC for failure to fulfil obligations, brought on 24 July 2003 — the Court (Grand Chamber), composed of V. Skouris, President, P. Jann, C.W.A. Timmermans, A. Rosas and K. Schiemann, Presidents of Chambers, R. Schintgen (Rapporteur), J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, R. Silva de Lapuerta, K. Lenaerts, P. Kūris, E. Juhász, G. Arestis and A. Borg Barthet, Judges; L.A. Geelhoed, Advocate General; K. Sztranc, Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 15 November 2005, the operative part of which is as follows:

| 1. | By prohibiting lorries of over 7.5 tonnes, carrying certain goods, from driving on a section of the A 12 motorway in the Inn valley, following the adoption of the Regulation of the First Minister of the Tyrol limiting transport on the A 12 motorway in the Inn valley (sectoral prohibition on road transport) [Verordnung des Landeshauptmanns von Tirol, mit der auf der A 12 Inntalautobahn verkehrsbeschränkende Maßnahmen erlassen werden (sektorales Fahrverbot)], of 27 May 2003, the Republic of Austria has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 28 EC and 29 EC. |
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By prohibiting lorries of over 7.5 tonnes, carrying certain goods, from driving on a section of the A 12 motorway in the Inn valley, following the adoption of the Regulation of the First Minister of the Tyrol limiting transport on the A 12 motorway in the Inn valley (sectoral prohibition on road transport) [Verordnung des Landeshauptmanns von Tirol, mit der auf der A 12 Inntalautobahn verkehrsbeschränkende Maßnahmen erlassen werden (sektorales Fahrverbot)], of 27 May 2003, the Republic of Austria has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 28 EC and 29 EC.

| 2. | The remainder of the application is dismissed. |
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The remainder of the application is dismissed.

| 3. | The Republic of Austria is ordered to pay the costs. |
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The Republic of Austria is ordered to pay the costs.

| 4. | The Federal Republic of Germany, the Italian Republic and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are ordered to bear their own costs. |
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The Federal Republic of Germany, the Italian Republic and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are ordered to bear their own costs.

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(1)  OJ C 226, 20. 9.2003.

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