CELEX: C2004/094/54
Language: en
Date: 2004-04-17 00:00:00
Title: Case C-78/04: Action brought on 18 February 2004 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Republic of Austria

17.4.2004   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 94/25
            
         Action brought on 18 February 2004 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Republic of Austria
   (Case C-78/04)
   (2004/C 94/54)
   An action against the Republic of Austria was brought before the Court of Justice of the European Communities on 18 February 2004 by the Commission of the European Communities, represented by Prof. Dr. U. Wölker and M. Konstantinidis, with an address for service in Luxembourg.
   The Commission of the European Communities claims that the Court should:
   
               1.
            
            
               declare that the Republic of Austria has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 2(4) of Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control, (1) under Article 9(3) to (5) thereof, under Annex IV, and under Article 1 in conjunction with Sections 1.1 and 6.6 of Annex I, in that:
               
                           (a)
                        
                        
                           the definition of ‘existing installation’ under Article 2(4) has not been fully transposed into federal law (Gewerbeordnung 1994 (Industrial Code 1994),
                        
                     
                           (b)
                        
                        
                           the requirements relating to permit conditions laid down in Article 9(4) have not been fully implemented in federal legislation (Gewerbeordnung 1994) and those laid down in Article 9(3) to (5) have not been fully implemented in the legislation of the Land Niederösterreich (NÖ Elektrizitätswesengesetz 2001 (Lower Austria Electricity Act 2001),
                        
                     
                           (c)
                        
                        
                           Annex IV has not been fully implemented in federal legislation (Gewerbeordnung 1994) and in the legislation of the Land Niederösterreich (NÖ Elektrizitätswesengesetz 2001),
                        
                     
                           (d)
                        
                        
                           the Directive has not been implemented in federal legislation and the legislation of the Land Salzburg, nor fully implemented in the legislation of the Land Burgenland (Burgenländisches Elektrizitätswesengesetz 1999), as regards the combustion installations referred to in Section 1.1 of Annex I,
                        
                     
                           (e)
                        
                        
                           the Directive has not been implemented, as regards the installations for intensive rearing referred to in Section 6.6 of Annex I, in the legislation of the Länder of Burgenland, Salzburg and Tirol;
                        
                     
         
               2.
            
            
               order the Republic of Austria to pay the costs.
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments:
   Although the time-limit for implementation of the Directive expired on 30 October 1999, the Republic of Austria has still not implemented at all, or has implemented only inadequately, certain of its provisions (Art 2(4), Article 9(3) to (5), Annex IV and Article 1 in conjunction with Sections 1.1 and 6.6 of Annex I).
   
      (1)  OJ 1996 L 257, p. 26.