Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2006:692
Date: 2006-10-26
Language of the case: Swedish
Court formation: Fourth Chamber
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Environment
Concepts: General
Procedure: Action for failure to fulfil obligations - successful
Origin: Finland

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 26 October 2006 – Commission v Finland (Case C-152/06) Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Directive 2002/95/EC – Hazardous substances – Electrical and electronic equipment – Failure to transpose within the prescribed period Member States – Obligations – Implementation of directives – Failure to fulfil obligations not contested (Art. 226 EC) (see paras 6-9 and operative part) Re: Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure to ensure the transposition within the prescribed period, with regard to the autonomous province of Åland, of Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (OJ 2003 L 37, p. 19). Operative part The Court: 1. Declares that by failing to adopt, with regard to the Åland Islands, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, the Republic of Finland has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive; 2. Orders the Republic of Finland to pay the costs.