Case C-198/06: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 14 December 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 1999/94/EC — New passenger cars — Consumer information on fuel economy and CO 2 emissions)
Date: 2006-12-30
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Luxembourg, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, combustion gases, consumer information, energy consumption, exchange of information, motor fuel, motor vehicle pollution, report

30.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 331/21

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 23 November
the European Communities v
2006 — Commission of

Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 14 December
the European Communities v
2006 — Commission of

Kingdom of Sweden

(Case C-156/06) (1)

Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg

(Case C-198/06) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive
2002/87/EC — Credit institutions,
insurance undertakings
and investment firms in a financial conglomerate — Supple-
mentary supervision — Failure to transpose within the
prescribed period)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive
1999/94/EC — New passenger cars — Consumer information
on fuel economy and CO2 emissions)

(2006/C 331/36)

Language of the case: Swedish

(2006/C 331/37)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: D. Maidani and K. Simonsson, acting as Agents)

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: A. Alcover San Pedro and F. Simonetti, Agents)

Defendant: Kingdom of Sweden (represented by: A. Falk, Agent)

Defendant: Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg (represented by: C.
Schiltz, Agent)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to
transpose within the prescribed period Directive 2002/87/EC of
the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December
2002 on the supplementary supervision of credit institutions,
insurance undertakings and investment
firms in a financial
conglomerate and amending Council Directives 73/239/EEC,
79/267/EEC, 92/49/EEC, 92/96/EEC, 93/6/EEC and 93/22/EEC,
and Directives 98/78/EC and 2000/12/EC of
the European
Parliament and of the Council (OJ 2003 L 35, p. 1)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Declares that, by failing to adopt, within the prescribed period, the
laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply
with Directive 2002/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 16 December 2002 on the supplementary supervision
of credit institutions, insurance undertakings and investment firms
in a financial
conglomerate and amending Council Directives
73/239/EEC, 79/267/EEC, 92/49/EEC, 92/96/EEC, 93/6/EEC
and 93/22/EEC, and Directives 98/78/EC and 2000/12/EC of
the Kingdom of
the European Parliament and of
Sweden has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive.

the Council,

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to draw
up or to transmit to the Commission the report required under
Article 9 of Directive 1999/94/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 13 December 1999 relating to the avail-
ability of consumer information on fuel economy and CO2
emissions in respect of the marketing of new passenger cars (OJ
2000 L 12, p. 16)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Declares that, by failing to transmit

the report required under
Article 9 of Directive 1999/94/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 13 December 1999 relating to the avail-
ability of consumer information on fuel economy and CO2 emis-
sions in respect of the marketing of new passenger cars, the Grand-
Duchy of Luxembourg has failed to fulfil its obligations under that
directive;

2. Orders the Kingdom of Sweden to pay the costs.

2. Orders the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 131 of 3.6.2006.

(1) OJ C 165, 15.7.2006.