CELEX: C2007/199/20
Language: en
Date: 2007-08-25 00:00:00
Title: Case C-340/06: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 5 July 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Austria (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2003/4/EC — Public access to environmental information — Failure to transpose within the period prescribed)

25.8.2007   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 199/12
            
         Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 5 July 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Austria
   (Case C-340/06) (1)
   
   (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2003/4/EC - Public access to environmental information - Failure to transpose within the period prescribed)
   (2007/C 199/20)
   Language of the case: German
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: U. Wölker, acting as Agent)
   
      Defendant: Republic of Austria (represented by: E. Riedl, acting as Agent)
   Re:
   Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to have adopted within the period prescribed all the provisions necessary to transpose Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information and repealing Council Directive 90/313/EEC (OJ 2003 L 41, p. 26)
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               By not adopting within the period prescribed all the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to transpose Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information and repealing Council Directive 90/313/EEC, the Republic of Austria has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive.
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Order the Republic of Austria to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 249, 14.10.2006.