Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2010:573
Date: 2010-09-30
Language of the case: French
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Subject matter: Environment
Procedure: Action for failure to fulfil obligations - successful
Origin: Belgium

Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 30 September 2010 – Commission v Belgium (Case C‑36/10) Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations – Directives 96/82/EC and 2003/105/EC – Control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances – Second subparagraph of Article 12(1) – Incorrect transposition Actions for failure to fulfil obligations – Examination of the merits by the Court – Situation to be taken into consideration – Situation on expiry of the period laid down in the reasoned opinion (Art. 258 TFEU; Council Directive 96/82, Art. 12(1), para. 2) (see paras 10-12) Re: Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations – Failure to adopt all the measures necessary in order to comply with 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 of 16 December 2003 (OJ 2003 L 345, p. 97). Operative part The Court: 1. Declares that, by failing to adopt within the prescribed period all the measures to transpose correctly the second subparagraph of Article 12(1) 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 Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive; 2. Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs.