CELEX: C2005/143/37
Language: en
Date: 2005-06-11 00:00:00
Title: Case C-147/05: Action brought on 1 April 2005 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Kingdom of the Netherlands

11.6.2005   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 143/25
            
         Action brought on 1 April 2005 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Kingdom of the Netherlands
   (Case C-147/05)
   (2005/C 143/37)
   Language of the case: Dutch
   An action against the Kingdom of the Netherlands was brought before the Court of Justice of the European Communities on 1 April 2005 by the Commission of the European Communities, represented by M. van Beek and S.P. Quintillan, of its Legal Service.
   The Commission claims that the Court should:
   
               1.
            
            
               declare that by not taking all necessary legal and administrative measures to comply with Directive 2000/60/EC (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy, or by not notifying the Commission of such measures, the Kingdom of the Netherlands has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;
            
         
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               order the Kingdom of the Netherlands to pay the costs.
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
   The period for implementing the directive in national law expired on 22 December 2003.
   
      (1)  OJ 2000 L 327, p. 1