CELEX: C2007/140/09
Language: en
Date: 2007-06-23 00:00:00
Title: Case C-407/06: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 10 May 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Protection of workers — Major accident hazards involving dangerous substances — Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)

23.6.2007   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 140/5
            
         Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 10 May 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium
   (Case C-407/06) (1)
   
   (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Protection of workers - Major accident hazards involving dangerous substances - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)
   (2007/C 140/09)
   Language of the case: French
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: B. Schima and J. Hottiaux, Agents)
   
      Defendant: Kingdom of Belgium (represented by: D. Haven, Agent)
   Re:
   Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to adopt, within the prescribed period, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2003/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2003 amending Council Directive 96/82/EC on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances (OJ 2003 L 345, p. 97).
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Declares that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2003/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2003 amending Council Directive 96/82/EC on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 281 of 18.11.2006.