CELEX: C2006/326/38
Language: en
Date: 2006-12-30 00:00:00
Title: Case C-94/06: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 26 October 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Austria (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to transpose — Directive 2002/49/EC)

30.12.2006   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 326/19
            
         Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 26 October 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Austria
   (Case C-94/06) (1)
   
   (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Failure to transpose - Directive 2002/49/EC)
   (2006/C 326/38)
   Language of the case: German
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: A. Alcover San Pedro and B. Schima, Agents)
   
      Defendant: Republic of Austria (represented by: E. Riedl, Agent)
   Re:
   Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to adopt within the prescribed period, the measures necessary to comply with Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2002 relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise — Declaration by the Commission in the Conciliation Committee on the Directive relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise (OJ 2002 L 189, p.12)
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Declares that, by failing to adopt all the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to transpose into national law Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2002 relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise as regards the Provinces of Burgenland, Carinthia, Upper Austria, Salzburg, Styria and Tyrol, the Republic of Austria has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 14(1) of that directive;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the Republic of Austria to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 86, 08.04.2006.