Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 26 April 2005 in Case C-494/01: Commission of the European Communities v Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Environment — Waste management — Directive 75/442/EEC, as amended by Directive 91/156/EC — Articles 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13 and 14)
Date: 2005-06-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Ireland, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, environmental protection, waste disposal, waste management

11.6.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 143/5

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Grand Chamber)

of 26 April 2005

in Case C-494/01: Commission of the European Commu-
nities v Ireland (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Environ-
ment — Waste management — Directive 75/442/EEC, as
amended by Directive 91/156/EC — Articles 4, 5, 8, 9, 10,
12, 13 and 14)

(2005/C 143/02)

(Language of the case: English)

In Case C-494/01, action under Article 226 EC for failure to
fulfil obligations, brought on 20 December 2001, Commission
of
the European Communities (Agents: R. Wainwright and
X. Lewis) v Ireland (Agent: D. O'Hagan, assisted by P. Charleton
(Grand Chamber),
SC and A. Collins BL) — the Court
composed of V. Skouris, President, P.
Jann (Rapporteur),
C.W.A. Timmermans and A. Rosas, Presidents of Chambers, J.
P. Puissochet, R. Schintgen, N. Colneric, S. von Bahr,
J.N.
Cunha Rodrigues, M.
J. Malenovský, U. Lõhmus and
E. Levits, Judges; L.A. Geelhoed, Advocate General; L. Hewlett,
Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on
26 April 2005, in which it:

Ilešič,

1. Declares that, by failing to take all the measures necessary to
ensure a correct implementation of the provisions of Articles 4, 5,
8, 9, 10, 12, 13 and 14 of Council Directive 75/442/EEC of
15 July 1975 on waste, as amended by Council Directive
91/156/EEC of 18 March 1991, Ireland has failed to comply
with its obligations under those provisions;

2. Declares that, by failing to respond to a request for information
dated 20 September 1999 in relation to waste operations at
Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland has failed to fulfil the obligations
which it has pursuant to Article 10 EC;

3. Orders Ireland to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 56 of 02.03.2002.

(First Chamber)

of 17 March 2005

in Case C-294/02: Commission of the European Commu-
nities v AMI Semiconductor Belgium BVBA and Others (1)

(Arbitration clause — Designation of the Court of First
Instance — Jurisdiction of the Court of Justice — Parties in
liquidation — Capacity to be parties to legal proceedings —
Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 — Insolvency proceedings —
Recovery of advances — Reimbursement under a clause of
liability — Recovery of
the contract — Joint and several

sums paid but not due)

(2005/C 143/03)

(Language of the case: German)

in Vienna

In Case C-294/02, Commission of the European Communities
(Agent: M G. Wilms, assisted by R. Karpenstein) v AMI Semi-
conductor Belgium BVBA,
formerly Alcatel Microelectronics
NV, established in Oudenaarde (Belgium), (Rechtsanwälte: M.
Hallweger and R. Lutz), A-Consult EDV-Beratungsgesellschaft
mbH (in liquidation),
(Austria),
established
(Rechtsanwalt: E. Roehlich), Intracom SA Hellenic Telecommu-
nications & Electronic Industry, established in Athens (Greece),
(avocats: M. Lienemeyer, U. Zinsmeister and D. Waelbroeck),
ISION Sales + Services GmbH & Co. KG (in liquidation), estab-
lished in Hamburg (Germany), (Rechtsanwälte: H. Fialski and T.
Delhey), Euram-Kamino GmbH, established in Hallbergmoos
(Germany),
(Rechtsanwälte: M. Hallweger and R. Lutz), HSH
Nordbank AG, formerly Landesbank Kiel Girozentrale, estab-
lished in Kiel
(Rechtsanwälte: B. Treibmann and
E. Meincke), and InterTeam GmbH (in liquidation), established
in Itzehoe (Germany),
(Rechtsanwälte: M. Hallweger and R.
Lutz) — application under Article 238 EC brought on
12 August 2002 — the Court (First Chamber), composed of P.
Jann, President of
the Chamber, R. Silva de Lapuerta, K.
Lenaerts, S. von Bahr and K. Schiemann (Rapporteur), Judges;
J. Kokott, Advocate General; M.-F. Contet, Principal Adminis-
trator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 17 March 2005,
in which it:

(Germany),

1. Dismisses the application;