CELEX: C2001/108/14
Language: en
Date: 2001-04-07 00:00:00
Title: Case C-64/01: Action brought on 13 February 2001 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Hellenic Republic

C 108/10                EN                    Official Journal of the European Communities                                       7.4.2001
            —     annul the express rejection of the complaint           Pleas in law and main arguments
                  lodged by the appellant on 18 May 1998,
                  notified to him by registered letter of
                                                                         The Member States are required by the binding character of
                  10 December 1998;
                                                                         the third paragraph of Article 249 and Article 10 EC (ex third
                                                                         paragraph of Article 189 and Article 5 of the EC Treaty) to
      (c)   order, in any event, the defendant to pay all the            adopt the measures needed to transpose directives into national
            costs both at first instance and in the present appeal.      law before the expiry of the time-limit laid down for that
                                                                         purpose and to communicate those measures immediately to
                                                                         the Commission. That time-limit expired on 30 October
                                                                         1999 without the Hellenic Republic having notified to the
                                                                         Commission the provisions transposing the directive in ques-
Pleas and main arguments                                                 tion into national law.
                                                                         (1) OJ L 257, 10.10.1996, p. 26.
Infringement of Community law, in particular Article 33 of
the Statute of the Court of Justice, given that the obligation to
provide reasons implies, in particular, that the grounds relied
on are admissible in law, that is to say adequate, relevant, free
of errors of law and fact and consistent.
                                                                         Appeal brought on 14 February 2001 by Committee of
                                                                         the Cotton and Allied Textile Industries of the European
                                                                         Union (Eurocoton) and others against the judgment
                                                                         delivered on 29 November 2000 by the Second Chamber,
                                                                         Extended Composition, of the Court of First Instance of
                                                                         the European Communities in case T-213/97 (1) between
                                                                         Committee of the Cotton and Allied Textile Industries of
                                                                         the European Union (Eurocoton) and others and Council
                                                                           of the European Union, supported by United Kingdom
Action brought on 13 February 2001 by the Commission
of the European Communities against the Hellenic Repub-
                                  lic                                                            (Case C-76/01 P)
                                                                                                 (2001/C 108/15)
                           (Case C-64/01)
                                                                         An appeal against the judgment delivered on 29 November
                          (2001/C 108/14)                                2009 by the Second Chamber, Extended Composition, of the
                                                                         Court of First Instance of the European Communities in case
                                                                         T-213/97 between Committee of the Cotton and Allied Textile
                                                                         Industries of the European Union (Eurocoton) and others and
An action against the Hellenic Republic was brought before               Council of the European Union, supported by United Kingdom,
the Court of Justice of the European Communities on 13 Febru-            was brought before the Court of Justice of the European
ary 2001 by the Commission of the European Communities,                  Communities on 14 February 2001 by Committee of the
represented by Richard Wainwright, Principal Legal Adviser,              Cotton and Allied Textile Industries of the European Union
and Panagiotis Panagiotopoulos, a national civil servant on              (Eurocoton), established in Brussels, Belgium, Ettlin Gesell-
secondment to its Legal Service.                                         schaft für Spinnerei und Weberei AG, established in Ettlingen,
                                                                         Germany, Textil Hof Weberei GmbH & Co. KG, established in
                                                                         Hof, Germany, H. Hecking Söhne GmbH & Co., established in
The Commission claims that the Court should:                             Stadtlohn, Germany, Spinnweberei Uhingen GmbH, estab-
                                                                         lished in Uhingen, Germany, F.A. Kümpers GmbH & Co.,
                                                                         established in Rheine, Germany, Tenthorey SA, established in
1.    declare that, by failing to adopt and to notify to the             Eloyes, France, Les Tissages des Héritiers de G. Perrin —
      Commission, within the time-limit laid down, the laws,             Groupe Alain Thirion (HPG-GAT Tissages), established in
      regulations and administrative provisions necessary to             Comimont, France, Établissements des Fils de Victor Perrin
      comply fully with Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 Sep-            SARL, established in Thiéfosse, France, Filatures et Tissages de
      tember 1996 (1) concerning integrated pollution preven-            Saulxures-sur-Moselotte, established in Saulxures-sur-Moselot-
      tion and control, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil       te, France, Tissage Mouline Thillot, established in Thillot,
      its obligations under the EC Treaty;                               France, Filature Niggeler & Küpfer SpA, established in Capriolo,
                                                                         Italy, Standardtela SpA, established in Milan, Italy, represented
                                                                         by Clive Stanbrook QC and Philip Bentley QC, with an address
2.    order the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.                      for service in Luxembourg.