Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 9 June 2011.#European Commission v Grand Duchy of Luxemburg.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 98/83/EC - Water intended for human consumption - Incomplete and incorrect transposition.#Case C-458/10.

Subject of the case

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations – Incomplete, incorrect transposition of Article 9(3)(b), (c) and (e) 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) – Distribution of drinking water not meeting the parametric values required – Scheme of derogations.

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Declares that, by failing to transpose correctly and completely Article 9(3)(b), (c) and (e) of Council Directive 98/83/EC of 3 November 1998 on the quality of water intended for human consumption, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;

2. Orders the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to pay the costs.