CELEX: C2006/131/15
Language: en
Date: 2006-06-03 00:00:00
Title: Case C-65/04: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of  9 March 2006  — Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations — EAEC Treaty — Scope — Directive 89/618/Euratom — Health and safety — Ionising radiations — Use of nuclear energy for military purposes — Repairs to a nuclear-powered submarine)

3.6.2006   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 131/9
            
         Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 9 March 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
   (Case C-65/04) (1)
   
   (Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations - EAEC Treaty - Scope - Directive 89/618/Euratom - Health and safety - Ionising radiations - Use of nuclear energy for military purposes - Repairs to a nuclear-powered submarine)
   (2006/C 131/15)
   Language of the case: English
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: L. Ström van Lier and J. Grunwald, Agents)
   
      Defendant: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: C. Jackson and C. Gibbs, Agents, and D. Wyatt QC and S. Tromans, Barrister)
   
      Intervener: French Republic (represented by R. Abraham, G. de Bergues, E. Puisais and C. Jurgensen, agents)
   
   Re:
   Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Infringement of Article 5(3) of Council Directive 89/618/Euratom of 27 November 1989 on informing the general public about health protection measures to be applied and steps to be taken in the event of a radiological emergency (OJ 1989 L 357, p. 31)
   Operative part of the judgment
   
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               The application is dismissed;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               The Commission of the European Communities is ordered to pay the costs;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               The French Republic is ordered to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 94, 17.04.2004.