Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 3 May 2007 – Commission v Ireland
(Case C‑391/06)
Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations – Directive 2003/4/EC – Freedom of access to information – Environmental information – Failure to transpose within the prescribed period
Actions for failure to fulfil obligations – Examination of 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. 7)
Re:
| Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations – Failure to adopt, within the prescribed period, all the provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information and repealing Council Directive 90/313/EEC (OJ 2003 L41, p. 26). |
Operative part
The Court:
1. |
| Declares that, by failing to adopt within the period prescribed the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information and repealing Council Directive 90/313/EEC, Ireland has failed to fulfil its obligations under the directive; |
2. |
| Orders Ireland to pay the costs. |