CELEX: C2004/071/30
Language: en
Date: 2004-03-20 00:00:00
Title: Case C-50/04: Action brought on 9 February 2004 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Portuguese Republic

20.3.2004               EN                         Official Journal of the European Union                                             C 71/17
The Commission of the European Communities claims that                     The applicant claims that the Court should:
the Court should:
                                                                           —     declare, principally, that, by having failed to adopt the
1.    declare that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and                laws, regulations and administrative provisions needed in
      administrative provisions necessary to comply with                         order to comply with Directive 2000/76/EC (1)of the
                                                                                 European Parliament and of the Council of 4 December
      —     Directive 1999/45/EC of the European Parliament                      2000 on the incineration of waste, the Portuguese
            and of the Council of 31 May 1999 concerning                         Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under
            the approximation of the laws, regulations and                       Article 21(1) of Directive 2000/76/EEC;
            administrative provisions of the Member States
            relating to the classification, packaging and labelling        —     declare, in the alternative, that by failing to have immedi-
            of dangerous preparations (1) and                                    ately informed the Commission of any such provisions,
                                                                                 the Portuguese Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations
      —     Commission Directive 2001/60/EC of 7 August                          under Article 21(1) of Directive 2000/76/EEC;
            2001 adapting to technical progress Directive 1999/
            45/EC of the European Parliament and of the                    —     order the Portuguese Republic to pay the costs.
            Council concerning the approximation of the laws,
            regulations and administrative provisions of the
            Member States relating to the classification, packag-
            ing and labelling of dangerous preparations (2),               Pleas in law and main arguments
      or, in any event, by failing to notify the Commission of
      those provisions, the French republic has failed to fulfil           The period prescribed for transposition of the Directive expired
      its obligations under those directives;                              on 28 December 2002.
2.    order the French Republic to pay the costs.
                                                                           (1) OJ L 332 of 28.12.2000, p. 91.
Pleas in law and main arguments
The period prescribed for implementation of those two
directives expired on 30 July 2002.
                                                                           Action brought on 9 February 2004 by the Commission
                                                                           of the European Communities against the Portuguese
(1) OJ 1999 L 200, p. 1.                                                                                 Republic
(2) OJ 2002 L 226, p. 5.
                                                                                                      (Case C-50/04)
                                                                                                      (2004/C 71/30)
                                                                           An action against the Portuguese Republic was brought
Action brought on 6 February 2004 by the Commission
                                                                           before the Court of Justice of the European Communities
of the European Communities against the Portuguese
                                                                           on 9 February 2004 by the Commission of the European
                              Republic
                                                                           Communities, represented by Enrico Traversa and Gonçalo
                                                                           Braga da Cruz, acting as Agents, with an address for service in
                          (Case C-48/04)                                   Luxembourg.
                          (2004/C 71/29)                                   The applicant claims that the Court should:
                                                                           —     declare that, by maintaining in force Article 508(1) of the
                                                                                 Portuguese Civil Code, the Portuguese Republic has failed
An action against the Portuguese Republic was brought                            to fulfil its obligations under Article 1(2) of Directive 84/
before the Court of Justice of the European Communities                          5/EEC (1) of 30 December 1983 on the approximation of
on 6 February 2004 by the Commission of the European                             the laws of the Member States relating to insurance
Communities, represented by A. Caeiros and M. Konstantinidis,                    against civil liability in respect of the use of motor
acting as Agents, with an address for service in Luxembourg.                     vehicles;
 ---pagebreak--- C 71/18                EN                          Official Journal of the European Union                                        20.3.2004
—     order the Portuguese Republic to pay the costs of this               Action brought on 10 February 2004 by the Commission
      action.                                                              of the European Communities against the French Republic
                                                                                                    (Case C-55/04)
Pleas in law and main arguments
                                                                                                    (2004/C 71/32)
The Portuguese rule in Article 508 of the Civil Code, which
provides, essentially in so far as it deals with strict liability, for
maximum amounts of compensation which are lower than
the minimum guarantee amounts laid down in the Second                      An action against the French Republic was brought before the
Compulsory Motor Insurance Directive, is incompatible with                 Court of Justice of the European Communities on 10 February
that Directive.                                                            2004 by the Commission of the European Communities,
                                                                           represented by A. Borde, acting as Agent, with an address for
                                                                           service in Luxembourg.
(1) OJ L 8 of 11.1.1984, p. 17.
                                                                           The Commission of the European Communities claims that
                                                                           the Court should:
                                                                           1.    declare that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations
                                                                                 and administrative provisions necessary to comply with
Action brought on 10 February 2004 by the Commission                             Council Directive 2002/11/EC of 14 February 2002 on
of the European Communities against the Republic of                              the marketing of material for the vegetative propagation
                                Austria                                          of the vine and repealing Directive 74/649/EEC (1), and
                                                                                 in any event by failing to notify them to the Commission,
                           (Case C-54/04)                                        the French Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations
                                                                                 under that directive;
                           (2004/C 71/31)
                                                                           2.    order the French Republic to pay the costs
An action against the Republic of Austria was brought
before the Court of Justice of the European Communities on                 Pleas in law and main arguments
10 February 2004 by the Commission of the European
Communities, represented by Ulrich Wölker and Gregorio
Valero Jordana, acting as Agents, with an address for service in           The period prescribed for the transposition of that directive
Luxembourg.                                                                expired on 23 February 2003.
The applicant claims that the Court should:
                                                                           (1) OJ 2002 L 53, p. 20.
1.    declare that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations
      and administrative measures necessary to comply with
      Directive 2001/80/EC of the European Parliament and of
      the Council of 23 October 2001 on the limitation of
      emissions of certain pollutants into the air from large
      combustion plants (1), or, in any event, by failing to
      inform the Commission thereof, the Republic of Austria
      has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;           Action brought on 11 February 2004 by the Commission
                                                                           of the European Communities against the French Republic
2.    order the Republic of Austria to pay the costs.
                                                                                                    (Case C-59/04)
Pleas in law and main arguments                                                                     (2004/C 71/33)
The period for transposition of the directive expired on
27 November 2002.
                                                                           An action against the French Republic was brought before the
                                                                           Court of Justice of the European Communities on 11 February
(1) OJ 2001 L 309, p. 1.                                                   2004 by the Commission of the European Communities,
                                                                           represented by K. Banks, acting as Agent, with an address for
                                                                           service in Luxembourg.