CELEX: 62014CA0346
Language: en
Date: 2016-05-04 00:00:00
Title: Case C-346/14: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 4 May 2016 — European Commission v Republic of Austria (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Article 4(3) TEU — Article 288 TFEU — Directive 2000/60/EC — EU water policy — Article 4(1) — Prevention of deterioration of the status of bodies of surface water — Article 4(7) — Derogation from the prohibition of deterioration — Overriding public interest — Authorisation to construct a hydropower plant on the Schwarze Sulm River (Austria) — Deterioration of the water status)

4.7.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 243/8
            
         Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 4 May 2016 — European Commission v Republic of Austria
   (Case C-346/14) (1)
   
   ((Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Article 4(3) TEU - Article 288 TFEU - Directive 2000/60/EC - EU water policy - Article 4(1) - Prevention of deterioration of the status of bodies of surface water - Article 4(7) - Derogation from the prohibition of deterioration - Overriding public interest - Authorisation to construct a hydropower plant on the Schwarze Sulm River (Austria) - Deterioration of the water status))
   (2016/C 243/05)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: European Commission (represented by: E. Manhaeve, C. Hermes and G. Wilms, acting as Agents)
   
      Defendant: Republic of Austria (represented by: C. Pesendorfer, acting as Agent)
   
      Intervener in support of the defendant: Czech Republic (represented by: M. Smolek, Z. Petzl and J. Vláčil, acting as Agents)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the European Commission to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 361, 13.10.2014.