Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 9 June 2011 – Commission v Luxembourg
(Case C-458/10)
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Directive 98/83/EC – Water intended for human consumption – Incomplete, incorrect transposition
Approximation of laws – Quality of water intended for human consumption –Directive 98/83 – Implementation by Member States – Authorisation of derogations from the parametric values fixed by the directive – Conditions –National legislation not observing those conditions – Failure to fulfil obligations (Art. 258 TFEU; Council Directive 98/83, Art. 9(3)) (see paras 28-29)
Re:
| Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations – Incomplete, incorrect transposition of Article 9(3)(b), (c) and (e) of Council Directive 98/83/EC of 3 November 1998 on the quality of water intended for human consumption (OJ 1998 L 330, p. 32) – Distribution of drinking water not meeting the parametric values required – Scheme of derogations. |
Operative part
The Court:
1. |
| Declares that, by failing to transpose correctly and completely Article 9(3)(b), (c) and (e) of Council Directive 98/83/EC of 3 November 1998 on the quality of water intended for human consumption, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive; |
2. |
| Orders the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to pay the costs. |