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17.11.2014 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 409/5 |
Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 11 September 2014 — European Commission v Federal Republic of Germany
(Case C-525/12) (1)
((Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Environment - Directive 2000/60/EC - Framework for Community action in the field of water policy - Recovery of the costs for water services - Concept of ‘water services’))
2014/C 409/05
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: European Commission (represented by: E. Manhaeve and G. Wilms, acting as Agents)
Defendant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: T. Henze and J. Möller, acting as Agents)
Interveners in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Denmark (represented by: M. Wolff and V. Pasternak Jørgensen, acting as Agents), Hungary (represented by: M.Z. Fehér and K. Szíjjártó, acting as Agents), Republic of Austria (represented by: C. Pesendorfer, acting as Agent), Republic of Finland (represented by: J. Heliskoski and H. Leppo, acting as Agents), Kingdom of Sweden (represented by: A. Falk, C. Meyer-Seitz, U. Persson and S. Johannesson, acting as Agents), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: S. Behzadi-Spencer and J. Beeko, acting as Agents, assisted by G. Facenna, Barrister)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders the European Commission to pay the costs; |
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Orders the Kingdom of Denmark, Hungary, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to bear their own costs. |