Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 3 May 2007.#Commission of the European Communities v Ireland.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2003/4/EC - Freedom of access to information - Environmental information - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period.#Case C-391/06.

Subject of the case

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations – Failure to adopt, within the prescribed period, all the provisions 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

The Court:

1. Declares that, by failing to adopt within the period prescribed the laws, regulations and administrative provisions 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, Ireland has failed to fulfil its obligations under the directive;

2. Orders Ireland to pay the costs.