CELEX: C2003/007/10
Language: en
Date: 2003-01-11 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 19 November 2002 in Case C-319/01: Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium (Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Assessment of the effects of certain projects on the environment — Directive 97/11/EC)

C 7/6                    EN                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                          11.1.2003
(Agents: G. de Bergues and D. Colas): Application for a                       (Agents: initially F. van de Craen, and, subsequently, A. Snoecx):
declaration that, by failing in sufficient measure to classify as             Application for a declaration that, by failing to adopt the laws,
special protection areas the territories most suitable for the                regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply
conservation of the species of wild bird referred to in Annex I               with Council Directive 97/11/EC of 3 March 1997 amending
to Council Directive 79/409/EEC of 2 April 1979 on the                        Directive 85/337/EEC on the assessment of the effects of
conservation of wild birds (OJ 1979 L 103, p. 1), as amended                  certain public and private projects on the environment (OJ
by Commission Directive 97/49/EC of 29 July 1997 (OJ 1997                     1997 L 73, p. 5) or, alternatively, by failing to communicate
L 223, p. 9), and of migratory species, and, in particular, by                them to the Commission, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed
failing to classify a sufficiently large area of land on the Plaine           to fulfil its obligations under that directive, the Court (Sixth
des Maures (France) as a special protection area, the French                  Chamber), composed of: J.-P. Puissochet (Rapporteur), Presi-
Republic has failed to comply with its obligations under the                  dent of the Chamber, R. Schintgen, V. Skouris, F. Macken and
Directive and has failed to fulfil its obligations under the EC               J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, Judges; C. Stix-Hackl, Advocate General;
Treaty, the Court (Sixth Chamber), composed of:                               R. Grass, Registrar, has given a judgment on 19 November
J.-P. Puissochet, President of the Chamber, C. Gulmann (Rap-                  2002, in which it:
porteur), F. Macken, N. Colneric and J.N. Cunha Rodrigues,
Judges; S. Alber, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has                  1.    Declares that, by failing to bring into force within the
given a judgment on 26 November 2002, in which it:                                  period prescribed all the laws, regulations and administrative
                                                                                    provisions necessary to comply with Council Directive 97/11/
1.    Declares that, by not in sufficient measure classifying as special            EC of 3 March 1997 amending Directive 85/337/EEC on the
      protection areas the territories most suitable for the conservation           assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects
      of the species of wild bird referred to in Annex I to Council                 on the environment, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil
      Directive 79/409/EEC of 2 April 1979 on the conservation of                   its obligations under that directive.
      wild birds, as amended by Commission Directive 97/49/EC of
      29 July 1997, and of migratory species, and, in particular, by          2.    Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs.
      not classifying a sufficiently large area of the Plaine des Maures
      (France) as a special protection area, the French Republic has
      failed to comply with its obligations under Article 4(1) and (2)        (1 ) OJ C 289 of 13.10.2001.
      of that directive;
2.    Orders the French Republic to pay the costs.
( 1) OJ C 212 of 28.7.2001.
                                                                                                   ORDER OF THE COURT
                                                                                                       (Fourth Chamber)
                                                                                                      of 5 November 2002
                  JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                                                                              in Case C-204/01 (reference for a preliminary ruling from
                          (Sixth Chamber)                                     the Verwaltungsgerichtshof): Tilmann Klett v Bundes-
                                                                                   ministerin für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur (1)
                       of 19 November 2002
                                                                              (Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure — Freedom to
in Case C-319/01: Commission of the European Communi-                         provide services — Directives 78/686/EEC and 93/16/EEC
                  ties v Kingdom of Belgium (1)                               — Mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other
                                                                              evidence of formal qualifications — Access to training as a
(Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations —                        dental practitioner — Act of Accession of the Republic of
Assessment of the effects of certain projects on the environ-                                                Austria)
                   ment — Directive 97/11/EC)
                                                                                                          (2003/C 7/11)
                            (2003/C 7/10)
                                                                                                  (Language of the case: German)
                     (Language of the case: French)
                                                                              (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published                            in the European Court Reports)
                    in the European Court Reports)
                                                                              In Case C-204/01 P: reference to the Court under Article 234
In Case C-319/01, Commission of the European Communities                      EC from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austria) for a preliminary
(Agents: G. zur Hausen and J. Adda) v Kingdom of Belgium                      ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between