Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 5 July 2007.#Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Austria.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2003/4/EC - Public access to environmental information - Failure to transpose within the period prescribed.#Case C-340/06.

Subject of the case

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure to adopt, within the prescribed period, all the measures necessary to comply with Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information and repealing Council Directive 90/313/EEC (OJ 2003 L 41, p. 26).

Operative part

Operative part:

1. By not adopting within the period prescribed all the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to transpose Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information and repealing Council Directive 90/313/EEC, the Republic of Austria has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive.

2. The Republic of Austria is ordered to pay the costs.