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25.2.2006 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 48/9 |
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(Sixth Chamber)
of 15 December 2005
in Case C-33/05: Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium (1)
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2000/60/EC - Community action in the field of water policy - Failure to transpose within the period prescribed)
(2006/C 48/18)
Language of the case: French
In Case C-33/05 Commission of the European Communities (Agents: J. Hottiaux and S. Pardo Quintillán) v Kingdom of Belgium (Agent: M. Wimmer) — ACTION for a declaration of failure to fulfil obligations pursuant to Article 226 EC, brought on 31 January 2005 — the Court (Sixth Chamber), composed of J. Malenovský, President of the Chamber, J.-P. Puissochet and A. Ó. Caoimh (Rapporteur), Judges; P. Léger, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a judgment on 15 December 2005, in which it:
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Declares that, by failing to adopt within the period prescribed the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy, as regards the Brussels-Capital Region, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive. |
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Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs. |