62011CJ0366_EN
Subject of the case
Operative part
Subject of the case
Re:
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to adopt, within the prescribed periods, the provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (OJ 2000 L 327, p. 1) — Failure to prepare river basin management plans within the meaning of Article 13(2), (3) and (6) and Article 15(1) of the Directive — Public information and consultation procedure concerning the drafts of those plans — Lack.
Operative part
Operative part
The Court:
1. Declares that, by not preparing, within the prescribed period, all the river basin management plans, both for river basin districts lying entirely within its territory and for international river basin districts, and by not communicating to the European Commission a copy of those plans, within the prescribed period, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 13(2), (3) and (6) and Article 15(1) of Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy and, furthermore, that by not beginning, within the prescribed period, all the public information and consultation procedures concerning the draft river basin management plans, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 14(1)(c) of that directive;
2. Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs.