Sentencia del Tribunal de Justicia (Sala Sexta), de 12 de enero de 2006 , en el asunto C-139/04: Comisión de las Comunidades Europeas contra República Italiana ( Incumplimiento de Estado — Calidad del aire ambiente — Fijación de valores límite )

• Jurisdiction: European Union
• Published date: 17 March 2006
• Celex Number: C2006/060/08

11.3.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 60/4

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JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Sixth Chamber)

of 12 January 2006

in Case C-139/04 Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Ambient air quality - Limit values)

(2006/C 60/08)

Language of the case: Italian

In Case C-139/04 Commission of the European Communities (Agents: V. Valero Jordana and R. Amorosi) v Italian Republic (Agent: I.M. Braguglia) — action for failure to fulfil obligations under Article 226 EC — the Court (Sixth Chamber), composed of J.-P. Puissochet, acting for the President of the Sixth Chamber, S. von Bahr and A. Borg Barthet (Rapporteur), Judges; F. G. Jacobs, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, gave a judgment on 12 January 2006, in which it:

1. Declares that, by failing to forward to the Commission of the European Communities for 2001 all necessary information concerning the substances subject to Council Directive 1999/30/EC of 22 April 1999 relating to limit values for sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and oxides of nitrogen, particulate matter and lead in ambient air, as required under Article 11(1)(a)(i) and (ii) and (b) of Council Directive 96/62/EC of 27 September 1996 concerning ambient air quality assessment management, the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 11 of Directive 96/62 in conjunction with Article 4(1) of that directive and with Directive 1999/30 and Article 1 of Commission Decision 2001/839/EC of 8 November 2001 laying down a questionnaire to be used for annual reporting on ambient air quality assessment under Directives 96/62 and 1999/30;

2. Orders the Italian Republic to pay the costs.

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(1) OJ C 106 of 30.4.2004

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