Court of Justice 24-05-2007 ECLI:EU:C:2007:307

Data

Court: Court of Justice

Case date: 24 mei 2007

Uitspraak

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 24 May 2007 – Commission v Portugal

(Case C‑375/06)

Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations – Directive 2003/105/EC – Protection of workers – Control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances – Failure to transpose within the prescribed period

Actions for failure to fulfil obligations – Examination of merits by the Court – Situation to be taken into consideration – Situation on expiry of the period laid down in the reasoned opinion (Art. 226 EC) (see para. 8)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations – Failure to adopt, within the prescribed period, the measures necessary to comply with Directive 2003/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2003 amending Council Directive 96/82/EC on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances (OJ 2003 L 345, p. 97).

Operative part

The Court:

Declares that, by not adopting, within the prescribed period, the laws regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Article 2 of Directive 2003/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2003 amending Council Directive 96/82/EC on the control of major‑accident hazards involving dangerous substances, the Portuguese Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;

Orders the Portuguese Republic to pay the costs.