CELEX: C2001/303/04
Language: en
Date: 2001-10-27 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 13 September 2001 in Case C-375/99: Kingdom of Spain v Commission of the European Communities (EAGGF — Clearance of accounts — Expenditure for 1996 and 1997 — Public storage of bovine meat)

C 303/4                 EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                        27.10.2001
1.    Dismisses the application;                                                             JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
2.    Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs.
                                                                                                      (Fifth Chamber)
(1) OJ C 366 of 18.12.1999.
                                                                                                 of 13 September 2001
                                                                           in Case C-417/99: Commission of the European Communi-
                                                                                              ties v Kingdom of Spain (1)
                 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                     (Failure by a State to comply with its obligations —
                                                                           Directive 96/62/EC — Ambient air quality assessment
                         (Fifth Chamber)                                   and management — Failure to designate the competent
                                                                           authorities and bodies responsible for implementing the
                                                                                                          directive)
                     of 13 September 2001
in Case C-375/99: Kingdom of Spain v Commission of the                                                (2001/C 303/05)
                   European Communities (1)
                                                                                              (Language of the case: Spanish)
(EAGGF — Clearance of accounts — Expenditure for 1996
          and 1997 — Public storage of bovine meat)
                                                                           (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
                          (2001/C 303/04)                                                      in the European Court Reports)
                   (Language of the case: Spanish)
                                                                           In Case C-417/99: Commission of the European Communities
                                                                           (Agent: G. Valero Jordana) v Kingdom of Spain (Agent: N. Dı́az
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published     Abad) — application for a declaration that, by failing to
                   in the European Court Reports)                          designate the competent authorities and bodies referred to in
                                                                           the first paragraph of Article 3 of Council Directive 96/62/EC
                                                                           of 27 September 1996 on ambient air quality assessment and
In Case C-375/99: Kingdom of Spain (Agent: M. López-Monı́s                management (OJ 1996 L 296, p. 55), the Kingdom of Spain
Gallego) v Commission of the European Communities (Agent:                  has failed to fulfil one of its obligations under that directive —
J. Guerra Fernández) — application for the partial annulment              the Court (Fifth Chamber), composed of: A. La Pergola,
of Commission Decision 1999/603/EC of 28 July 1999                         President of the Chamber, D.A.O. Edward (Rapporteur),
excluding from Community financing certain expenditure                     P. Jann, L. Sevón and C.W.A. Timmermans, Judges; P. Léger,
incurred by the Member States under the Guarantee Section of               Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a judgment
the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund                      on 13 September 2001, in which it:
(EAGGF) (OJ 1999 L 234, p. 6), in respect of the financial
adjustment imposed of 5 % of certain expenditure declared by
Spain under tariff headings 2111 (technical expenditure),
2112 (financial expenditure) and 2113 (other expenditure),                 1.    Declares that, by failing to adopt within the prescribed period
corresponding to the sector for public storage of bovine meat                    the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to
— the Court (Fifth Chamber), composed of: A. La Pergola,                         designate the competent authorities and bodies referred to in the
President of the Chamber, D.A.O. Edward, P. Jann (Rappor-                        first paragraph of Article 3 of Council Directive 96/62/EC of
teur), S. von Bahr and C.W.A. Timmermans, Judges; L.A. Geel-                     27 September 1996 on ambient air quality assessment and
hoed, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a                         management, the Kingdom of Spain has failed to fulfil its
judgment on 13 September 2001, in which it:                                      obligations under that directive;
1.    Dismisses the application;                                           2.    Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs.
2.    Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs.
                                                                           (1) OJ C 20 of 22.1.2000.
( 1) OJ C 366 of 18.12.1999.