CELEX: C2007/140/08
Language: en
Date: 2007-06-23 00:00:00
Title: Case C-391/06: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 3 May 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2003/4/EC — Freedom of access to information — Environmental information — Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)

23.6.2007   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 140/5
            
         Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 3 May 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Ireland
   (Case C-391/06) (1)
   
   (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2003/4/EC - Freedom of access to information - Environmental information - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)
   (2007/C 140/08)
   Language of the case: English
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: D. Lawunmi and U. Wölker, Agents),
   
      Defendant: Ireland (represented by: D. O'Hagan, Agent)
   Re:
   Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to adopt, within the prescribed period, all the provisions necessary to comply with 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.
            
            
               Declares that, by failing to adopt within the period prescribed the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with 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, Ireland has failed to fulfil its obligations under the directive;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Ireland to pay the costs
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 249, 02.12.2006.