CELEX: 62011CJ0223
Language: en
Date: 2012-06-21 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 June 2012.#European Commission v Portuguese Republic.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Environment — Directive 2000/60/EC — European Union water policy — River basin district management plans — Publication and notification to the Commission — None — Information and consultation of the public on the envisaged management plans — None.#Case C-223/11.

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 June 2012 —Commission v Portugal
      (Case C-223/11)
      Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Environment — Directive 2000/60/EC — European Union water policy — River basin district management plans — Publication and notification to the Commission — None — Information and consultation of the public on the envisaged management plans — None
      Actions for failure to fulfil obligations — Examination of the merits by the Court — Situation to be taken into consideration — Situation on expiry of the period laid down in the reasoned opinion (Art. 258 TFEU; European Parliament and Council Directive
         2000/60) (see paras 16, 29)
      
      Re: 
      
         
               Infringement of Articles 13(1), (2) and (6), 14(1)(c) and 15(1) of 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 (OJ 2000 L 327,
                  p. 1) — River basin district management plans — Publication — Information and consultation of the public — Commission not
                  notified of copy management plans.
               
            Operative part
      The Court: 
      
         
                  1.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Rules that, the Portuguese Republic, by failing within the prescribed period:
               
            –        to publish the national and international river basin district management plans;
      –        to publish and to submit to the public, including users, for comment the envisaged river basin district management plans,
         and
      
      –        to send the European Commission the copies of those plans,
      has failed to fulfil its obligations under, respectively, Article 13(6) of 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, read in
         conjunction with Article 13(1) and (2), Article 14(1)(c) and Article 15(1) of that directive;
      
      
         
                  2.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Orders the Portuguese Republic to pay the costs.