Opinion of the Advocate General — ECLI:EU:C:2002:453
Date: 2002-07-11
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Environment
Procedure: Action for failure to fulfil obligations - successful
Origin: France

Summary of the Judgment 
1. Actions for failure to fulfil obligations — Examination of the merits by the Court — 
Situation to be taken into consideration — Situation at the end of the period laid down 
by the reasoned opinion 
(Art. 226 EC) 
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SUMMARY — CASE C-348/01 
2. Acts of the institutions — Directives — Implementation by the Member States — 
Mere administrative practices do not constitute fulfilment of that obligation 
(Art. 249, third para., EC) 
3. Procedure — Costs — Action for failure to fulfil obligations — Attitude of the 
defendant giving rise to one of the complaints in the application — Partial withdrawal 
of that complaint — Defendant ordered to pay the costs 
(Rules of Procedure of the Court of justice, Art. 69(2) and (5)) 
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