Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 26 October 2006.#Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Finland.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2001/42/EC -Assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment - Failure to implement within the prescribed period.#Case C-159/06.

Subject of the case

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure to implement within the prescribed period, with regard to the autonomous province of Åland, Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment (OJ 2001 L 197, p. 30).

Operative part

Operative part

The Court

1. Declares that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment, the Republic of Finland has failed, with regard to the autonomous region of the Åland islands, to fulfil its obligations under that directive;

2. Orders the Republic of Finland to pay the costs.