EuGH · C-226/05

Subject of the case Operative part Subject of the case Re: Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure fully to transpose Articles 8(2)(b), 11, 12 and 24(1) of Council Directive 96/82/EC of 9 December 1996 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances (OJ 1997 L 10, p. 13). Operative part Operative part: The Court: 1. Declares that, by failing to transpose, within the period prescribed: – the provisions of Council Directive 96/82/EC of 9 December 1996 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances into the national legislation on blasting supplies and explosives and the legislation of the Land Salzburg on electricity; – Article 11 of Directive 96/82 in the Länder of Salzburg, Styria and Tirol; – Article 12 of Directive 96/82 in the Land of Upper Austria; and – Article 8(2)(b) of Directive 96/82 in the Länder of Upper Austria, Salzburg and Tirol, the Republic of Austria has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive; 2. Orders the Republic of Austria to pay the costs.