Case C-152/06: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 26 October 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Finland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2002/95/EC — Hazardous substances — Electrical and electronic equipment — Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)
Date: 2006-12-30
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Finland, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, dangerous substance, electrical equipment, electronic equipment, national implementing measure, waste management

C 326/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.12.2006

Operative part of the judgment

2. Orders the Republic of Austria is pay the costs.

The Court:

1. Declares that, by failing to adopt all the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to transpose into national law
Directive 2002/49/EC of
the
Council of 25 June 2002 relating to the assessment and manage-
ment of environmental noise as regards the Provinces of Burgen-
land, Carinthia, Upper Austria, Salzburg, Styria and Tyrol, the
Republic of Austria has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article
14(1) of that directive;

the European Parliament and of

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

(1) OJ C 86, 08.04.2006.

(1) OJ C 96, 22.04.2006.

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 26 October
the European Communities v
2006 — Commission of

Republic of Finland

(Case C-152/06) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive
2002/95/EC — Hazardous substances — Electrical and elec-
tronic equipment — Failure to transpose within the prescribed
period)

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 26 October
the European Communities v
2006 — Commission of

Republic of Austria

(Case C-102/06) (1)

Parties

(2006/C 326/40)

Language of the case: Swedish

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Minimum
standards for the reception of asylum seekers in the Member
States — Failure to transpose within the prescribed time-
limit)

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: M. Konstantinidis and K. Nyberg, Agents)

Defendant: Republic of Finland (represented by: E. Bygglin,
Agent)

(2006/C 326/39)

Language of the case: German

Re:

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: C. O'Reilly and W. Bogensberger, Agents)

Defendant: Republic of Austria (represented by: C. Pesendorfer,
Agent)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to have
adopted, within the prescribed time-limit, all
the measures
necessary to comply with Council Directive 2003/9/EC of 27
January 2003 laying down minimum standards for the recep-
tion of asylum seekers (OJ 2003 L 31, p. 18)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to
ensure the transposition within the prescribed period, with
regard to the autonomous province of Åland, of Directive
2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of
27 January 2003 on the restriction of the use of certain hazar-
dous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (OJ 2003
L 37, p. 19)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Declares that by failing to adopt, with regard to the Åland Islands,
the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to
comply with Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on the restriction of the
use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic
equipment, the Republic of Finland has failed to fulfil its obliga-
tions under that directive;

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

1. Declares that, by failing to adopt the the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with Council Directive
2003/9/EC of 27 January 2003 laying down minimum standards
for the reception of asylum seekers, the Republic of Austria has
failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive.

(1) OJ C 131, 3.6.2006.