CELEX: 62009CA0481
Language: en
Date: 2010-09-30 00:00:00
Title: Case C-481/09: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 30 September 2010 — European Commission v Czech Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Environment — Directive 2006/7/EC — Bathing water quality — Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)

20.11.2010   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 317/11
            
         Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 30 September 2010 — European Commission v Czech Republic
   (Case C-481/09) (1)
   
   (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Environment - Directive 2006/7/EC - Bathing water quality - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)
   2010/C 317/21
   Language of the case: Czech
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: European Commission (represented by: S. Pardo Quintillán and M. Thomannová-Körnerová, acting as Agents)
   
      Defendant: Czech Republic (represented by: M. Smolek and J. Jirkalová, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Failure to adopt or communicate within the prescribed period the measures necessary to comply with Directive 2006/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2006 concerning the management of bathing water quality and repealing Directive 76/160/EEC, (OJ 2006 L 64, p. 37)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Declares that by failing to adopt all the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2006/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2006 concerning the management of bathing water quality and repealing Directive 76/160/EEC, the Czech Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Czech Republic to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 24, 30.01.2010.