CELEX: 62010CA0395
Language: en
Date: 2011-02-03 00:00:00
Title: Case C-395/10: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 3 February 2011 — European Commission v French Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2007/2/EC — Environment policy — Infrastructure for Spatial Information — Exchange and update of data in electronic format — Failure to adopt national measures transposing the directive)

2.4.2011   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 103/11
            
         Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 3 February 2011 — European Commission v French Republic
   (Case C-395/10) (1)
   
   (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2007/2/EC - Environment policy - Infrastructure for Spatial Information - Exchange and update of data in electronic format - Failure to adopt national measures transposing the directive)
   2011/C 103/17
   Language of the case: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: European Commission (represented by: A. Alcover San Pedro and V. Peere, Agents)
   
      Defendant: French Republic (represented by: G. de Bergues and S. Menez, Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to take within the prescribed period the measures necessary to comply with Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) (OJ 2007 L 108, p. 1)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Declares that, by failing to adopt, within the prescribed period, all the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE), the French Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the French Republic to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 274 of 9.10.2010.