Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 12 October 2004 in Case C-431/02: Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Hazardous waste — Failure of a State to fulfil obligations — Directive 91/689/EEC)
Date: 2004-12-04
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, United Kingdom, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, environmental protection, hazardous waste, waste management, waste recycling

4.12.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 300/15

2. Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.

3. Orders the Commission of the European Communities to bear

one-fifth of the costs;

(1) OJ C 31 of 8.2.2003.

4. Orders

the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern

Ireland to bear four-fifths of the costs.

(1) OJ C 19 of 25.1.2003.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Third Chamber)

of 12 October 2004

in Case C-431/02: Commission of the European Commu-
nities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland (1)

(Hazardous waste — Failure of a State to fulfil obligations
— Directive 91/689/EEC)

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Grand Chamber)

of 5 October 2004

in Case C-442/02 (reference for a preliminary ruling from
the Conseil d'État): Caixa-Bank France v Ministère de
l'Économie, des Finances et de l'Industrie (1)

(2004/C 300/29)

(Freedom of establishment — Credit institutions — National
legislation prohibiting the payment of remuneration on sight
accounts)

(Language of the case: English)

(2004/C 300/30)

(Language of the case: French)

In Case C-431/02: Commission of the European Communities
(Agents: X. Lewis and M. Konstantinidis) v United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Agents: P. Ormond and K.
Manji, assisted by M. Demetriou, Barrister) — action under
Article 226 EC for failure to fulfil obligations, brought on
28 November 2004 Ä the Court (Third Chamber), composed
of: A. Rosas, President of the Chamber, A. Borg Barthet, F.
Macken (Rapporteur), S. von Bahr, and U. Lõhmus,
Judges;
Advocate General: P. Léger, Registrar: R. Grass, has given a
judgment on 12 October 2004, in which it:

1. Declares that, by failing to adopt all the measures necessary to
comply with its obligations under Articles 1(4) and (5), 2(1), (2)
and (4), 3(1) to (4), 4(1) to (3) and 5(2) of Council Directive
91/689/EEC of 12 December 1991 on hazardous waste (OJ
1991 L 377, p. 20), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland has failed to fulfil
its obligations under that
Directive and under the EC Treaty;

2. Dismisses the remainder of the action;

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

received at

In Case C-442/02: Reference for a preliminary ruling under
Article 234 EC from the Conseil d'État (France), made by deci-
sion of 6 November 2002,
the Court on 5
December 2002,
in the proceedings brought by Caixa-Bank
France against Ministère de l'Économie, des Finances et de l'In-
interveners: Banque fédérale des banques populaires
dustrie,
and Others — the Court (Grand Chamber), composed of: V.
Skouris, President, P. Jann, C.W.A. Timmermans, C. Gulmann,
J.-P. Puissochet and J.N. Cunha Rodrigues (Rapporteur), Presi-
dents of Chambers, R. Schintgen, N. Colneric, S. von Bahr, R.
Silva de Lapuerta and K. Lenaerts, Judges; A. Tizzano, Advocate
General; M. Múgica Arzamendi, Principal Administrator, for the
Registrar, has given a judgment on 5 October 2004, in which
it has ruled: