CELEX: C2002/084/47
Language: en
Date: 2002-04-06 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) 17 January 2002 in Case C-423/00: Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Directive 96/82/EC — Failure to implement within the prescribed period)

6.4.2002                 EN                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                             C 84/29
to fulfil its obligations under that directive, the Court (Second             composed of: N. Colneric, President of the Chamber,
Chamber), composed of: N. Colneric, President of the Chamber,                 R. Schintgen (Rapporteur) and V. Skouris, Judges, Advocate
R. Schintgen (Rapporteur) and V. Skouris, Judges, Advocate                    General: D. Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, Registrar: R. Grass, has given
General: D. Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, Registrar: R. Grass, has given               a judgment on 17 January 2002, in which it:
a judgment on 17 January 2002, in which it:
                                                                              1.    Declares that by failing to adopt, within the prescribed period,
1.    Declares that, by failing to adopt within the period prescribed               all the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary
      the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to              to comply with Council Directive 96/82/EC of 9 December
      comply with Council Directive 96/82/EC of 9 December 1996                     1996 on the control of major-accident hazards involving
      on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous                  dangerous substances, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to
      substances, Ireland has failed to fulfil its obligations under that           fulfil its obligations under that directive;
      directive;
                                                                              2.    Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs.
2.    Orders Ireland to pay the costs.
                                                                              (1) OJ C 28 of 27.1.2001.
(1) OJ C 355 of 9.12.2000.
                                                                                                 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                  JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                                                   15 January 2002
                         (Second Chamber)                                     in Case C-196/01: Commission of the European Communi-
                                                                                            ties v Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (1)
                          17 January 2002
                                                                              (Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations —
in Case C-423/00: Commission of the European Communi-                         Environment — Directive 75/442/EEC — Decision 94/3/EC
                  ties v Kingdom of Belgium (1)                                                  — European Waste Catalogue)
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations —                                                     (2002/C 84/48)
Directive 96/82/EC — Failure to implement within the
                          prescribed period)                                                         (Language of the case: French)
                           (2002/C 84/47)                                     (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
                                                                                                    in the European Court Reports)
                     (Language of the case: French)
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published        In Case C-196/01, Commission of the European Communities
                    in the European Court Reports)                            (Agents: H. Støvlbaek and J. Adda) v Grand Duchy of
                                                                              Luxembourg (Agents: N. Mackel, and, subsequently, J. Faltz):
                                                                              application for a declaration that the Grand Duchy of Luxem-
                                                                              bourg has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 1(a) of
In Case C-423/00, Commission of the European Communities                      Council Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 1975 on waste (OJ
(Agent: G. zur Hausen) v Kingdom of Belgium (Agent:                           1975 L 194, p. 39), as amended by Council Directive
C. Pochet): application for a declaration that, by failing to                 91/156/EEC of 18 March 1991 (OJ 1991 L 78, p. 32),
adopt all the laws, regulations and administrative provisions                 and Commission Decision 94/3/EC of 20 December 1993
necessary to comply with Council Directive 96/82/EC of                        establishing a list of wastes pursuant to Article 1(a) of Directive
9 December 1996 on the control of major-accident hazards                      75/442 (OJ 1994 L 5, p. 15), the Court (First Chamber),
involving dangerous substances (OJ 1997 L 10, p. 13) and, in                  composed of: P. Jann, President of the Chamber, L. Sevón
any event, by failing to notify the Commission of those                       (Rapporteur) and M. Wathelet, Judges, Advocate General:
provisions, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its                   P. Léger, Registrar: R. Grass, has given a judgment on
obligations under that directive, the Court (Second Chamber),                 15 January 2002, in which it: