27.8.2011   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 252/26


Action brought on 5 July 2011 — European Commission v Czech Republic

(Case C-353/11)

2011/C 252/49

Language of the case: Czech

Parties

Applicant: European Commission (represented by: E. Manhaeve and M. Thomannová-Körnerová, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Czech Republic

Form of order sought

declare that, by failing to adopt all the necessary legal and administrative measures necessary to comply with Commission Directive 2010/5/EU of 8 February 2010 amending Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council to include acrolein as an active substance in Annex I thereto (1), or in any event by failing to notify the Commission of such measures, the Czech Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 2 of that directive;

order the Czech Republic to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The prescribed period for transposing the directive into domestic law expired on 31 August 2010.


(1)  OJ 2010 L 36, p. 24