Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 7 May 2009. # Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain. # Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2000/60/EC - Framework for Community action in the field of water policy - Designation of competent authorities for hydrographic districts. # Case C-516/07.

Subject of the case

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations – Failure to adopt, within the period prescribed, the measures necessary to comply with Article 3(2), (7) and (8) of Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (OJ 2000 L 327, p. 1).

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Declares that, by failing to designate the competent authorities for the application of the provisions of Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy concerning the Autonomous Communities of Galicia, the Basque Country, Andalusia, the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands, the Kingdom of Spain has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 3(2), (7) and (8) of that directive;

2. Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs.