Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 12 January 2006.

Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 85/337/EEC, as amended by Directive 97/11/EC - Assessment of the effects of projects on the environment - Consents granted without assessment.

Case C-37/05.


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Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
11/03/2006 Commission v United Kingdom
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2006:31
12/01/2006 Commission v United Kingdom
Judgment (Information)
ECLI:EU:C:2006:31
12/01/2006 Commission v United Kingdom
Application (OJ)
02/04/2005 Commission v United Kingdom
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Reports of Cases

2006 I-00006*

Pub somm

Subject-matter

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Breach of Articles 2(1) and 4 of Council Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (OJ 1985 L 175, p. 40), as amended by Council Directive 97/11/EC of 3 March 1997 (OJ 1997 L 73, p. 5) – Consents granted without an assessment.

Systematic classification scheme

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B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-19 Legal proceedings
    B-19.01 Actions for failure to fulfil obligations
      B-19.01.00 General


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References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 31/01/2005

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

12/01/2006


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 82 from 02.04.2005, p.13

Judgment: OJ C 60 from 11.03.2006, p.9

Name of the parties

Commission v United Kingdom

Notes on Academic Writings

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Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

  • Approximation of laws
  • Environment

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Action for a declaration of failure to fulfil obligations : application granted

Formation of the Court

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Judge-Rapporteur

Makarczyk

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

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