CELEX: C1996/269/15
Language: en
Date: 1996-09-14 00:00:00
Title: Action brought on 26 June 1996 by the Commission of the European Communities against the French Republic (Case C-223/96)

No C 269/6                EN                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                      14 . 9 . 96
Action brought on 26 June 1996 by the Commission of the                         Council Directive 91 /156/EEC ( ) of 18 March 1991
 European Communities against the Kingdom of Belgium                            amending Directive 75/442/EEC ( 2 ) on waste, or by not
                           ( Case C-222/96 )                                    communicating those measures, the French Republic has
                                                                                failed to fulfil its obligations under that Directive,
                             ( 96/C 269/ 14 )
                                                                          — order the French Republic to pay the costs .
An action against the Kingdom of Belgium was brought
before the Court of Justice of the European Communities on
26 June 1996 by the Commission of the European                            Pleas in law and main arguments adduced in support:
Communities, represented by Gotz zur Hausen, acting as
Agent, assisted by J. -J. Evrard, Avocat, with an address for             The pleas in law and main arguments are analogous to those
service in Luxembourg at the office of Carlos Gomez de la                 in Case C-205/96 ( 3 ); the period prescribed in the Directive
Cruz, of the Commission 's Legal Service, Wagner Centre ,                 expired on 1 April 1993 .
Kirchberg.
                                                                          (') OJ No L 78 , 26 . 3 . 1991 , p . 32 .
The applicant claims that the Court should :                              ( 2 ) OJ No L 194 , 25 . 7 . 1975 , p . 39 .
                                                                          ( 3 ) OJ No C 247, 24 . 8 . 1996 , p . 7 .
— declare that, by not adopting the laws, regulations and
       administrative provisions necessary to comply with
       Council Directive 92/32/EEC (') of 30 April 1992
      amending for the seventh time Directive 67/548/EEC ( 2 )
      on the approximation of the laws, regulations and
      administrative provisions relating to the classification,
      packaging and labelling of dangerous substances, or by
      not communicating those measures , the Kingdom of                   Action brought on 27 June 1996 by SA Promotion Leopold
       Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under the                             against the European Parliament
      first-mentioned Directive,                                                                    ( Case C-224/96 )
                                                                                                      ( 96/C 269/ 16 )
— order the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs .
Pleas in law and main arguments adduced in support:                       An action against the European Parliament was brought
                                                                          before the Court of Justice of the European Communities on
The pleas in law and main arguments are analogous to those                27 June 1996 by SA Promotion Leopold, represented by
in Case C-205/96 ( 3 ); the period prescribed by the Directive            Lucien Simont and Paul Alain Foriers , acting as Agents, with
expired on 31 October 1993 .                                              an address for service in Luxembourg at the Chambers of J.
                                                                          Loesch, 11 rue Goethe .
(') OJ No L 154 , 5 . 6 . 1992 , p . 1 .
( 2 ) Official Journal , English Special Edition 1967, p. 234 .           The applicant claims that the Court should :
( 3 ) OJ No C 247, 24 . 8 . 1996 , p . 7 .
                                                                          — declare the application admissible and well founded
                                                                                and, consequently, rule that the final capital cost of
                                                                                Building D2 for the purposes of the building contract
                                                                                with an option to purchase dated 8 January 1 992 should
                                                                                include the sum of Bfr 23 355 000 by way of interest
Action brought on 26 June 1996 by the Commission of the                         during construction on the part of the initial advance of
      European Communities against the French Republic                          Bfr 1 000 000 000 on that building,
                             Case C-223 /96 )
                               96/C 269/ 15 )                             — as far as is necessary order the Parliament to pay charges
                                                                                calculated on the basis of the amended total and interest
                                                                                at the rate prescribed by law of 8 % from the date it
An action against the French Republic was brought before                        became due ,
the Court of Justice of the European Communities on
26 June 1996 by the Commission of the European
Communities , represented by Maria Kontou-Durande,                        — order the Parliament to pay the costs .
acting as Agent, assisted by J. -J. Evrard, Avocat, with an
address for service in Luxembourg at the Office of Carlos                 Pleas in law and main arguments adduced in support:
Gomez de la Cruz, of the Commission 's Legal Service,
Wagner Centre, Kirchberg .
                                                                          The pleas in law and main arguments are based on a contract
                                                                          concluded between the parties which in addition contains an
The applicant claims that the Court should :                              arbitration clause .
— declare that, by not adopting the laws, regulations and
       administrative provisions necessary to comply with