Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 27 June 2007 - Kingdom of the Netherlands v Commission
(Approximation of laws - Derogating national provisions - Rejection by the Commission of a draft decree advancing the lowering of the Community limit on emissions of particulate matter produced by certain new diesel-powered vehicles - Duty of care and to state reasons - Specificity of the notifying Member State's problem in complying with the Community limits on concentrations of particulate matter in ambient air)
Language of the case: Dutch
Parties
Applicant: Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: H. Sevenster and M. de Grave, Agents)
Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: M. Patakia, A. Alcover San Pedro and H. van Vliet, Agents)
Re:
Annulment of Commission Decision 2006/372/EC of 3 May 2006 concerning draft national provisions notified by the Kingdom of the Netherlands under Article 95(5) of the EC Treaty laying down limits on the emissions of particulate matter by diesel-powered vehicles (OJ 2006 L 142, p. 16)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders the Kingdom of the Netherlands to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 212, 2.9.2006.