Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 14 June 2001 in Case C-368/00: Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Sweden (Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Quality of bathing water — Inadequate implementation of Directive 76/160/EEC)
Date: 2001-07-28
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Sweden, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, bathing water, safety standard

C 212/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

28.7.2001

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Third Chamber)

of 14 June 2001

in Case C-368/00: Commission of the European Communi-
ties v Kingdom of Sweden (1)

(Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations —
Quality of bathing water — Inadequate implementation of
Directive 76/160/EEC)

(Fifth Chamber)

of 21 June 2001

in Case C-30/99: Commission of the European Communi-
ties v Ireland (1)

(2001/C 212/09)

(Free movement of goods — Precious metals — Compulsory
hallmark)

(Language of the case: Swedish)

(2001/C 212/10)

(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
in the European Court Reports)

(Language of the case: English)

In Case C-368/00: Commission of the European Communities
(Agent: L. Ström) v Kingdom of Sweden (Agent: A. Kruse) —
application for a declaration that, by failing to take all
necessary measures to ensure that the quality of bathing water
conforms to the limit values laid down by Council Directive
76/160/EEC of 8 December 1975 concerning the quality of
bathing water (OJ 1976 L 31, p. 1) and by failing to adhere to
the minimum sampling frequencies laid down by that directive,
the Kingdom of Sweden has failed to fulfil its obligations under
Articles 4(1) and 6(1) of that directive — the Court (Third
Chamber) composed of: C. Gulmann, President of the Chamb-
er, J.-P. Puissochet and J.N. Cunha Rodrigues (Rapporteur),
Judges; F.G. Jacobs, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has
given a judgment on 14 June 2001, in which it:

1. Declares that, by failing to take all necessary measures to ensure
that the quality of bathing water conforms to the mandatory
limit values laid down by Council Directive 76/160/EEC of
8 December 1975 concerning the quality of bathing water,
and by failing to adhere to the minimum sampling frequencies
laid down by that directive, the Kingdom of Sweden has failed
to fulfil its obligations under Articles 4(1) and 6(1) of that
directive;

2. Orders the Kingdom of Sweden to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 355 of 9.12.2000.

In Case C-30/99: Commission of the European Communities
(Agents: R.B. Wainwright and M. Shotter) v Ireland (Agent:
M.A. Buckley, assisted by A.M. Collins) supported by United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Agent:
R. Magrill, assisted by M. Hoskins) — application for a
declaration that:

— by prohibiting the marketing in Ireland with the descrip-
tion and indication of fineness which they bear in their
country of origin, of articles made from precious metals
(gold, silver or platinum)
lawfully manufactured and
marketed in other Member States but not complying with
the Irish provisions concerning standards of fineness, or
by obliging these imports to replace their hallmarks with
those for the appropriate lower official Irish standard of
fineness;

— by requiring articles made from precious metals (gold,
silver or platinum) imported from another Member State,
and marketed in Ireland,
to bear a sponsor’s mark
indicative of the maker, worker or dealer in such articles,
registered by the Wardens and Commonalty of Gold-
smiths of the city of Dublin which appoints the Assay
Master by which these articles are intended to be struck
with the approved hallmark, when these articles already
bear a sponsor’s mark conforming to the legislation of
the Member State of origin;

— by requiring articles made from precious metals (gold,
silver or platinum) imported from another Member State,
and marketed in Ireland, which have been lawfully struck
in another Member State With a hallmark stamped by a
body which offers guarantees of independence, and which
offers appropriate information to consumers, to bear an