Action brought on 17 December 2020 – European Commission v Slovak Republic
(Case C-683/20)
Language of the case: Slovak
Parties
Applicant: European Commission (represented by: R. Lindenthal, M. Noll-Ehlers, acting as Agents)
Defendant: Slovak Republic
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
Declare that, by failing to draw up action plans and by failing to send the Commission a summary of the action plans for 445 major road sections, the Slovak Republic has infringed Article 8(2) and Article 10(2) of Directive 2002/49/EC 1 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2002 relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise, in conjunction with Annex VI thereto;
Declare that, by failing to draw up action plans and by failing to send the Commission a summary of the action plans for 16 major rail sections, the Slovak Republic has infringed Article 8(2) and Article 10(2) of Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2002 relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise, in conjunction with Annex VI thereto; and
order the Slovak Republic to pay the costs.
Pleas in law and main arguments
Under Article 8(2) of Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2002 relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise, the Slovak Republic was to ensure that action plans were drawn up for major road sections (roads with more than three million vehicle passages per year) and major rail sections (railways with more than 30000 train passages per year) within its territory by 18 July 2013. Under Article 10(2) of that directive, in conjunction with Annex VI thereto, the Slovak Republic was then to ensure that the summaries of the action plans were sent to the Commission by 18 January 2014.
The Slovak Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations stemming from Article 8(2) and Article 10(2) of the Directive, in conjunction with Annex VI thereto, so far as concerns 445 major road sections and 16 major rail sections which it had previously notified to the Commission.
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1 OJ 2002 L 189, p. 12.