Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of  12 January 2006  in Case C-118/05: Commission of the European Communities v Portuguese Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2000/60/EC — Community policy in the field of water — Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)
Date: 2006-03-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Portugal, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, water protection

11.3.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 60/11

2. Orders the Portuguese Government to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 106 of 30.04.2005.

1. Declared that, by failing, with regard to the province of Åland, to
adopt the laws regulations and administrative provisions necessary
to comply with Directive 2003/87/EEC of the European Parlia-
ment and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a
scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the
Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC,
the
Finnish Republic has failed to fulfil
its obligations under that
directive;

2. Ordered the Finnish Republic to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 93 of 16.4.2005.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Fifth Chamber)

of 12 January 2006

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

in Case C-179/05 Commission of the European Commu-
nities v French Republic (1)

(Sixth Chamber)

of 12 January 2006

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Regu-
lation (EEC) No 2847/93 — Control system in the fisheries
sector — Information on catches and fishing effort)

in Case C-118/05: Commission of the European Commu-
nities v Portuguese Republic (1)

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

(2006/C 60/22)

(Language of the case: Portuguese)

In Case C-118/05, Action for failure to fulfil obligations under
Article 226 EC, brought on 10 March 2005, Commission of
the European Communities (Agents: A. Caeiros and S. Pardo
Quintillán) v Portuguese Republic (Agent: L. Fernandes), the
Court (Sixth Chamber), composed of J. Malenovský, President
of the Chamber, J.-P. Puissochet and A. Ó Caoimh, Judges; P.
Léger, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, gave a judgment
on 12 January 2006, in which it:

regulations and administrative provisions necessary

1. Declares that, by failing to adopt, within the prescribed period, the
laws,
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 Portuguese
Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that Directive;

(2006/C 60/23)

(Language of the case: French)

In Case C-179/05 Commission of the European Communities
(Agent: M. Nolin) v French Republic (Agents: G. de Bergues
and A. Colomb) — action for failure to fulfil obligations under
Article 226 EC — the Court (Fifth Chamber), composed of J.
Makarczyk, President of the Chamber, R. Silva de Lapuerta and
M. Kūris (Rapporteur), Judges; M. Poiares Maduro, Advocate
General; R. Grass, Registrar, gave a judgment on 12 January
2006, in which it:

1. Declares that by failing to provide the information required under
the first and third indents of Article 19i of Council Regulation
2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system
applicable to the common fisheries policy, as amended by Council
Regulation (EC) 2635/97 of 18 December 1997, the French
Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that regulation;

2. Orders the French Republic to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 155 of 25.06.2005