Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 29 July 2010 – Commission v Estonia
(Case C-515/09)
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Directive 2006/21/EC – Management of waste from extractive industries – Failure to transpose within the prescribed period
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. 258 TFEU; European Parliament and Council Directive 2006/21) (see paras 9-12)
Re:
| Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure to adopt, within the prescribed period, all the provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the management of waste from extractive industries and amending Directive 2004/35/EC (OJ 2006 L 102, p. 15). |
Operative part
The Court:
1. |
| Declares that, by failing to adopt within the prescribed period the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the management of waste from extractive industries and amending Directive 2004/35/EC, the Republic of Estonia has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive; |
2. |
| Orders the Republic of Estonia to pay the costs. |