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Document 62014CA0346
Case C-346/14: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 4 May 2016 — European Commission v Republic of Austria (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Article 4(3) TEU — Article 288 TFEU — Directive 2000/60/EC — EU water policy — Article 4(1) — Prevention of deterioration of the status of bodies of surface water — Article 4(7) — Derogation from the prohibition of deterioration — Overriding public interest — Authorisation to construct a hydropower plant on the Schwarze Sulm River (Austria) — Deterioration of the water status)
Case C-346/14: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 4 May 2016 — European Commission v Republic of Austria (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Article 4(3) TEU — Article 288 TFEU — Directive 2000/60/EC — EU water policy — Article 4(1) — Prevention of deterioration of the status of bodies of surface water — Article 4(7) — Derogation from the prohibition of deterioration — Overriding public interest — Authorisation to construct a hydropower plant on the Schwarze Sulm River (Austria) — Deterioration of the water status)
Case C-346/14: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 4 May 2016 — European Commission v Republic of Austria (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Article 4(3) TEU — Article 288 TFEU — Directive 2000/60/EC — EU water policy — Article 4(1) — Prevention of deterioration of the status of bodies of surface water — Article 4(7) — Derogation from the prohibition of deterioration — Overriding public interest — Authorisation to construct a hydropower plant on the Schwarze Sulm River (Austria) — Deterioration of the water status)
IO C 243, 4.7.2016, p. 8–8
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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4.7.2016 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 243/8 |
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 4 May 2016 — European Commission v Republic of Austria
(Case C-346/14) (1)
((Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Article 4(3) TEU - Article 288 TFEU - Directive 2000/60/EC - EU water policy - Article 4(1) - Prevention of deterioration of the status of bodies of surface water - Article 4(7) - Derogation from the prohibition of deterioration - Overriding public interest - Authorisation to construct a hydropower plant on the Schwarze Sulm River (Austria) - Deterioration of the water status))
(2016/C 243/05)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: European Commission (represented by: E. Manhaeve, C. Hermes and G. Wilms, acting as Agents)
Defendant: Republic of Austria (represented by: C. Pesendorfer, acting as Agent)
Intervener in support of the defendant: Czech Republic (represented by: M. Smolek, Z. Petzl and J. Vláčil, acting as Agents)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders the European Commission to pay the costs. |