CELEX: C2007/082/04
Language: en
Date: 2007-04-14 00:00:00
Title: Case C-199/04: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 1 February 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directives 85/337/EEC and 97/11/EC — Assessment of the effects of certain projects on the environment — Material change in the use of any buildings or other land — Action inadmissible)

14.4.2007   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 82/3
            
         Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 1 February 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
   (Case C-199/04) (1)
   
   (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directives 85/337/EEC and 97/11/EC - Assessment of the effects of certain projects on the environment - Material change in the use of any buildings or other land - Action inadmissible)
   (2007/C 82/04)
   Language of the case: English
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: C.-F. Durand and F. Simonetti, acting as Agents, and A. Howard, Barrister)
   
      Defendant: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: M. Bethell and E. O'Neill, acting as Agents, D. Elvin QC and J. Maurici, Barrister)
   Re:
   Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Articles 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9 of Council Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (OJ 1985 L 175, p. 40), as amended by Council Directive 97/11/EC of 3 March 1997 (OJ 1997 L 73, p. 5) — Consents granted without an assessment
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
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               Dismisses the action as inadmissible;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the Commission of the European Communities to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 179, 10.7.2004.