Opinion of the Advocate General — ECLI:EU:C:2002:10
Date: 2002-01-10
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Environment;Pollution
Procedure: Action for failure to fulfil obligations - successful
Origin: Spain

Summary of the Judgment 
1. Member States — Obligations — Implementation of directives — Failure to fulfil 
obligations — Initiation of the procedure for adoption of a law designed to transpose 
a directive into national law — Not relevant 
(Art. 10 EC and Art. 249, third para., EC) 
2. 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 
in the reasoned opinion 
(Art. 226 EC) 
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