Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of  15 December 2005  in Case C-67/05: Commission of the European Communities v Federal Republic of Germany (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2000/60/EC — Community action in the field of water policy — Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)
Date: 2006-02-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Germany, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, environmental protection, groundwater, inland waterway, surface water, territorial waters

11.2.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 36/17

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Sixth Chamber)

of 15 December 2005

in Case C-67/05: Commission of the European Commu-
nities v Federal Republic of Germany (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive
2000/60/EC — Community action in the field of water policy
— Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)

(2006/C 36/32)

(Language of the case: German)

In Case C-67/05 Commission of the European Communities
(Agents: U. Wölker and S. Pardo Quintillán) v Federal
Republic of Germany (Agent: U. Forsthoff) — action under
Article 226 EC for failure to fulfil obligations, brought on 11
February 2005 — the Court (Sixth Chamber), composed of J.
Malenovský, President of the Chamber, J.-P. Puissochet and A
Ó Caoimh (Rapporteur), Judges; P. Léger, Advocate General; R.
Grass, Registrar, gave a judgment on 15 December 2005, in
which it:

1. Declares that, by not adopting within the prescribed period, all of
the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to
comply with Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework
for Community action in the field of water policy, the Federal
Republic of Germany has failed to fulfil its obligations under that
directive;

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

(1) OJ C 82 of 02.04.2005

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Fifth Chamber)

of 15 December 2005

in Case C-88/05: Commission of the European Commu-
nities v Republic of Finland (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive
2002/59/EC — Failure to transpose within the prescribed
period)

(2006/C 36/33)

(Language of the case: Finnish)

In Case C-88/05 Commission of the European Communities
(Agents: M. Huttunen and K. Simonsson) v Republic of Finland

(Agent: A. Guimaraes-Purokoski) — action under Article 226
EC for failure to comply with obligations, brought on 18
February 2005 — the Court (Fifth Chamber), composed of J.
the Chamber, R. Schintgen and J.
Makarczyk, President of
Klučka (Rapporteur),
Judges; M. Poiares Maduro, Advocate
General; R. Grass, Registrar, gave a judgment on 15 December
2005, in which it:

1. Declares that, by failing to adopt within the prescribed period all
the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to
comply with Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 27 June 2002 establishing a Community
vessel traffic monitoring and information system and repealing
Council Directive 93/75/EEC, the Republic of Finland has failed
to fulfil its obligations under that directive;

2. Orders the Republic of Finland to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 93 of 16.04.2005

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Fourth Chamber)

of 8 December 2005

in Case C-115/05: Commission of the European Commu-
nities v Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive
2001/65/EC — Annual and consolidated accounts of certain
types of companies — Failure to transpose within the
prescribed period)

(2006/C 36/34)

(Language of the case: French)

In Case C-115/05 Commission of the European Communities
(Agent: G. Braun) v Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (Agent: S.
Schreiner) — action under Article 226 EC for failure to comply
with obligations, brought on 8 March 2005 — the Court
(Fourth Chamber), composed of K. Schiemann, President of the
Chamber, M. Ilešič (Rapporteur) and E. Levits, Judges; C. Stix-
Hackl, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, gave a judgment
on 8 December 2005, in which it: