# C_2011130EN.01000301.xml

| 30.4.2011 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 130/3 |
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Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 3 March 2011 — European Commission v Ireland

(Case C-50/09)( 1 )

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 85/337/EEC - Obligation of the competent environmental authority to carry out an assessment of the effects of certain projects on the environment - More than one competent authority - Need to ensure an assessment of the interaction between factors likely to be directly or indirectly affected - Application of the directive to demolition works)

2011/C 130/04

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: European Commission (represented by: P. Oliver, C. Clyne and J.-B. Laignelot, Agents)

Defendant: Ireland (represented by: D. O’Hagan, Agent, G. Simons SC, D. McGrath BL)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Articles 2, 3 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) — Obligation to describe and assess the direct and indirect effects of a project on the factors listed in Article 3 of the Directive

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

| 1. | Declares that:
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by failing to transpose Article 3 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 and by Directive 2003/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003; —
by failing to ensure that, where Irish planning authorities and the Environmental Protection Agency both have decision-making powers concerning a project, there will be complete fulfilment of the requirements of Articles 2 to 4 of Directive 85/337, as amended by Directive 2003/35; and —
by excluding demolition works from the scope of its legislation transposing Directive 85/337, as amended by Directive 2003/35, Ireland has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive; | — | by failing to transpose Article 3 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 and by Directive 2003/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003; | — | by failing to ensure that, where Irish planning authorities and the Environmental Protection Agency both have decision-making powers concerning a project, there will be complete fulfilment of the requirements of Articles 2 to 4 of Directive 85/337, as amended by Directive 2003/35; and | — | by excluding demolition works from the scope of its legislation transposing Directive 85/337, as amended by Directive 2003/35, |
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| — | by failing to transpose Article 3 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 and by Directive 2003/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003; | | | | | | |
| — | by failing to ensure that, where Irish planning authorities and the Environmental Protection Agency both have decision-making powers concerning a project, there will be complete fulfilment of the requirements of Articles 2 to 4 of Directive 85/337, as amended by Directive 2003/35; and | | | | | | |
| — | by excluding demolition works from the scope of its legislation transposing Directive 85/337, as amended by Directive 2003/35, | | | | | | |

| 2. | Orders Ireland to pay the costs. |
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( 1 )  OJ C 82, 4.4.2009.

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