CELEX: C2007/095/20
Language: en
Date: 2007-04-28 00:00:00
Title: Case C-139/06: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 1 March 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directives 2002/96/EC and 2003/108/EC — Waste — Electrical and electronic equipment)

28.4.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 95/12
            
         Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 1 March 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
   (Case C-139/06) (1)
   
   (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directives 2002/96/EC and 2003/108/EC - Waste - Electrical and electronic equipment)
   (2007/C 95/20)
   Language of the case: English
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: M. Konstantinidis and D. Lawunmi, Agents)
   
      Defendant: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: V. Jackson, Agent)
   Re:
   Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to adopt within the prescribed period all measures necessary to comply with Directives 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) (OJ 2003 L 137, p. 24) and 2003/108/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 December 2003 amending Directive 2002/96/EC (OJ 2003 L 345, p. 106)
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Declares that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with:
               
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                           Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), and
                        
                     
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                           Directive 2003/108/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 December 2003 amending Directive 2002/96,
                        
                     the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has failed to fulfil its obligations under those Directives;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 108 of 6.5.2006.