CELEX: 62008CN0030
Language: en
Date: 2008-01-25 00:00:00
Title: Case C-30/08: Action brought on 25 January 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic

29.3.2008   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 79/22
            
         Action brought on 25 January 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic
   (Case C-30/08)
   (2008/C 79/38)
   Language of the case: Italian
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: C. Zadra, Agent, acting as Agent)
   
      Defendant: Italian Republic
   Form of order sought
   
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               declare that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Commission Directive 2005/78/EC of 14 November 2005 (1) implementing Directive 2005/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the measures to be taken against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from compression-ignition engines for use in vehicles, and the emission of gaseous pollutants from positive ignition engines fuelled with natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas for use in vehicles (2) and amending Annexes I, II, III, IV and VI thereto, and, in any event, by failing to communicate such provisions to the Commission, the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 3 of that directive;
            
         
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               order the Italian Republic to pay the costs.
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
   The period for transposition of Directive 2005/78/EC expired on 8 November 2006.
   
      (1)  OJ L 313 of 29.11.2005, p. 1.
   
      (2)  OJ L 275 of 20.10.2005, p. 1.