CELEX: C2007/297/26
Language: en
Date: 2007-12-08 00:00:00
Title: Case C-523/06: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 4 October 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Finland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2000/59/EC — Port reception facilities for ship-generated waste and cargo residues — Failure to have developed and implemented waste reception and handling plans for all ports)

8.12.2007   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 297/17
            
         Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 4 October 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Finland
   (Case C-523/06) (1)
   
   (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2000/59/EC - Port reception facilities for ship-generated waste and cargo residues - Failure to have developed and implemented waste reception and handling plans for all ports)
   (2007/C 297/26)
   Language of the case: Finish
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: M. Huttunen and K. Simonsson, acting as Agents)
   
      Defendant: Republic of Finland (represented by: J. Heliskoski, Agent)
   Re:
   Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Articles 1 and 16(1) of Directive 2000/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2000 on port reception facilities for ship-generated waste and cargo residues (OJ 2000 L 332, p. 81) — Failure to have developed and implemented waste reception and handling plans for all ports in Finland
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Declares that, by failing to develop and implement waste reception and handling plans for all its ports, the Republic of Finland has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 5(1) and 16(1) of Directive 2000/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2000 on port reception facilities for ship-generated waste and cargo residues;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               orders the Republic of Finland to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 42, 24.2.2007.