Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 24 May 2007. # Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic. # Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Directive 2000/53/EC - End-of-life vehicles - Articles 3(5), 5(1), 7(2) and 8(3) and (4) - Defective transposition. # Case C-394/05.

Subject of the case

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations – Infringement of Articles 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 12 of Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on end‑of‑life vehicles (OJ 2000 L 269, p. 34).

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Declares that, by adopting Legislative Decree No 209 of 24 June 2003 transposing into national law the provisions of Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on end‑of‑life vehicles in a manner contrary to that directive, the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 3(5), Article 5(1), the second subparagraph of Article 7(2)(a) and Article 8(3) and (4) of that Directive;

2. Orders the Italian Republic to pay the costs.