CELEX: 62011CA0391
Language: en
Date: 2012-10-04 00:00:00
Title: Case C-391/11: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 4 October 2012 — European Commission v Kingdom of Belgium (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2000/53/EC — Article 2(3) — Protection of the environment — End-of-life vehicles — Notion of producer)

24.11.2012   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 366/14
            
         Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 4 October 2012 — European Commission v Kingdom of Belgium
   (Case C-391/11) (1)
   
   (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2000/53/EC - Article 2(3) - Protection of the environment - End-of-life vehicles - Notion of producer)
   2012/C 366/23
   Language of the case: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: European Commission (represented by: A. Marghelis and M. Patakia, acting as Agents)
   
      Defendant: Kingdom of Belgium (represented by: C. Pochet and T. Materne, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure by a Member State to failing to adopt the measures necessary to comply with the provisions of Article 2(1) and (3) and Article 5(1), (2) and (4) of Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on end-of life vehicles (OJ 2000 L 269, p. 34) — Notion of ‘vehicle’ and ‘producer’ — Free-of-charge delivery of end-of-life vehicles subject to conditions not provided for by the directive
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court hereby:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the European Commission and the Kingdom of Belgium each to bear their own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 305, 15.1.2011.