Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 31 January 2008.#Commission of the European Communities v French Republic.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directives 80/778/EEC and 98/83/EC - Quality of water intended for human consumption - Maximum concentrations of nitrates and pesticides - Incorrect application.#Case C-147/07.

Subject of the case

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure to adopt, within the prescribed period, the measures necessary to comply with Article 4 of Council Directive 98/83/EC of 3 November 1998 on the quality of water intended for human consumption (OJ 1998 L 330, p. 32) – Failure, in certain départements , to remain within the chemical parameters laid down in Annex I, Part B, to Directive 98/83 – Nitrates and pesticides.

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Declares that, by failing to take the measures necessary to comply with Article 4 of Council Directive 98/83/EC of 3 November 1998 on the quality of water intended for human consumption, the French Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;

2. Orders the French Republic to pay the costs.