CELEX: C2006/165/06
Language: en
Date: 2006-07-15 00:00:00
Title: Case C-98/04: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of  4 May 2006  — Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Failure to fulfil obligations — Directive 85/337/EEC — Assessment of the effects of certain projects on the environment — Project carried out without prior application for development consent or assessment — Action inadmissible)

15.7.2006   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 165/3
            
         Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 4 May 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
   (Case C-98/04) (1)
   
   (Failure to fulfil obligations - Directive 85/337/EEC - Assessment of the effects of certain projects on the environment - Project carried out without prior application for development consent or assessment - Action inadmissible)
   (2006/C 165/06)
   Language of the case: English
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: M. Shotter and F. Simonetti, Agents)
   
      Defendant: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: K. Manji, and subsequently by M. Bethell, Agents, and by P. Sales and J. Maurici, Barristers)
   Re:
   Infringement of Article 2(1) and Article 4 of Council Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (OJ 1985 L 175, p. 40), as amended by Directive 97/11/EC of 3 March 1997 (OJ 1997 L 73, p. 5) — Consent given without assessment
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action as inadmissible;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the Commission of the European Communities to pay the costs
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 106, 30.4.2004.