61990CJ0013_EN
Parties
Operative part
Parties
In Case C-13/90,
Commission of the European Communities, represented by I. Pernice, a member of its Legal Service, acting as Agent, assisted by N. Coutrelis, of the Paris Bar, with an address for service in Luxembourg at the office of Guido Berardis, a member of its Legal Service, Wagner Centre, Kirchberg,
applicant,
v
French Republic, represented by P. Pouzoulet, Sub-Director for Legal Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and M. Giacomini, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in the same Ministry, acting as Agents, with an address for service in Luxembourg at the French Embassy, 9 Boulevard du Prince-Henri,
defendant,
APPLICATION for a declaration that, by failing to adopt within the prescribed period all the provisions needed to comply with Council Directive 82/884/EEC of 3 December 1982 on a limit value for lead in the air (Official Journal 1982 L 378, p. 15), the French Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under the EEC Treaty,
THE COURT,
composed of: O. Due, President, G.C. Rodríguez Iglesias and M. Díez de Velasco (Presidents of Chambers), Sir Gordon Slynn, C.N. Kakouris, R. Joliet, F. Grévisse, M. Zuleeg and P.J.G. Kapteyn, Judges,
(The grounds of the judgment are not reproduced.)
hereby:
Operative part
1. Declares that, by failing to adopt within the prescribed period all the provisions needed to comply with Council Directive 82/884/EEC of 3 December 1982 on a limit value for lead in the air, the French Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under the EEC Treaty;
2. Orders the French Republic to pay the costs.