Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 11 September 2001 in Case C-220/99: Commission of the European Communities v French Republic (Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Directive 92/43/EEC — Conservation of natural habitats — Conservation of wild fauna and flora — Article 4(1) — List of sites — Site information)
Date: 2001-10-13
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, France, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, environmental protection, protection of animal life, protection of plant life

C 289/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

13.10.2001

of Germany (Agents: W.-D. Plessing and C.-D. Quassowski) —
application for a declaration that, by failing to transmit to the
list of sites mentioned in the first
Commission the full
subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Council Directive 92/43/EEC
of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and
of wild fauna and flora (OJ 1992 L 206, p. 7), together
with the information on each site required by the second
subparagraph of Article 4(1) thereof, the Federal Republic of
Germany has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive
— the Court (Sixth Chamber), composed of: C. Gulmann
(Rapporteur), President of the Chamber, V. Skouris, R. Schint-
gen, F. Macken and J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, Judges; P. Léger,
Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a judgment
on 11 September 2001, in which it:

Republic (Agents: K. Rispal-Bellanger and D. Colas) — appli-
cation for a declaration that, by failing to transmit to the
list of sites mentioned in the first
Commission the full
subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Council Directive 92/43/EEC
of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and
of wild fauna and flora (OJ 1992 L 206, p. 7), together
with the information on each site required by the second
subparagraph of Article 4(1) thereof, the French Republic has
failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive — the Court
(Sixth Chamber), composed of: C. Gulmann (Rapporteur),
President of the Chamber, V. Skouris, R. Schintgen, F. Macken
and J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, Judges; P. Léger, Advocate General;
H. von Holstein, Deputy Registrar, for the Registrar, has given
a judgment on 11 September 2001, in which it:

1. Declares that, by failing to transmit to the Commission, within
the prescribed period, the list of sites mentioned in the first
subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Council Directive 92/43/EEC
of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and
of wild fauna and flora, together with the information on those
sites required by the second subparagraph of Article 4(1)
thereof, the Federal Republic of Germany has failed to fulfil its
obligations under that directive;

1. Declares that, by failing to transmit to the Commission, within
the period prescribed, the list of sites mentioned in the first
subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Council Directive 92/43/EEC
of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and
of wild fauna and flora, together with the information on those
sites required by the second subparagraph of Article 4(1)
thereof, the French Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations
under that directive;

2. Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to bear the costs.

2. Orders the French Republic to bear the costs.

(1) OJ C 160 of 5.6.1999.

(1) OJ C 226 of 7.8.1999.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Sixth Chamber)

of 11 September 2001

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Sixth Chamber)

of 12 July 2001

in Case C-220/99: Commission of the European Communi-
ties v French Republic (1)

in Case C-262/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling from
the Trimeles Diikitiko Protodikio Irakliou): Paraskevas
Louloudakis v Elliniko Dimosio (1)

(Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations —
Directive 92/43/EEC — Conservation of natural habitats —
Conservation of wild fauna and flora — Article 4(1) — List
of sites — Site information)

(Directive 83/182/EEC — Means of transport temporarily
imported — Tax exemptions — Normal residence in a
Member State — Fine for improperly importing exempt from
tax — Principle of proportionality — Good faith)

(2001/C 289/03)

(2001/C 289/04)

(Language of the case: French)

(Language of the case: Greek)

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

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

In Case C-220/999: Commission of the European Communi-
ties (Agents: P. Stancanelli and O. Couvert-Castéra) v French

In Case C-262/99: reference to the Court under Article 234
EC from the Trimeles Diikitiko Protodikio Irakliou (Greece),