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Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 14 May 2009. – Commission of the European Communities v Grand Duchy of Luxemburg.

CELEX: 62008CJ0390 · EN · EUR-Lex / CELLAR

Subject of the case
Operative part

Subject of the case

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure to communicate, within the prescribed period, the information required by Article 3(2) of Decision No 280/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 concerning a mechanism for monitoring Community greenhouse gas emissions and for implementing the Kyoto Protocol (OJ 2004 L 49, p. 1), read in conjunction with Articles 8 to 11 of Commission Decision No 2005/166/EC of 10 February 2005 laying down rules implementing Decision No 280/2004/EC (OJ 2005 L 55, p. 57) – Information relating to national projections concerning greenhouse gas emissions and measures adopted to limit and/or reduce such emissions.

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Declares that, by failing to communicate, by 15 March 2007, the information required under Article 3(2) of Decision No 280/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 concerning a mechanism for monitoring Community greenhouse gas emissions and for implementing the Kyoto Protocol, read in conjunction with Articles 8 to 11 of Commission Decision No 2005/166/EC of 10 February 2005 laying down rules implementing Decision No 280/2004/EC, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg failed to fulfil its obligations under those provisions;

2. Orders the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to pay the costs.