Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 1 February 2007 – Commission v Portugal
(Case C‑324/06)
Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations – Directive 2004/116/EC – Inclusion of the yeast Candida guilliermondii in Annex I to Directive 82/471/EEC – Failure to adopt necessary measures
Actions for failure to fulfil obligations – Examination of the merits by the Court – Situation to be taken into consideration – Situation on expiry of the period laid down in the reasoned opinion (Art. 226 EC) (see para. 13)
Re:
| Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations – Failure to adopt, within the period prescribed, all the measures necessary to comply with Commission Directive 2004/116/EC of 23 December 2004 amending the Annex to Council Directive 82/471/EEC as regards the inclusion of Candida guilliermondii (OJ 2004 L 379, p. 81). |
Operative part
The Court:
1. |
| Declares that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Commission Directive 2004/116/EC of 23 December 2004 amending the Annex to Council Directive 82/471/EEC as regards the inclusion of Candida guilliermondii, the Portuguese Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive; |
2. |
| Orders the Portuguese Republic to pay the costs. |