(Case C‑139/06)

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Directives 2002/96/EC and 2003/108/EC – Waste – Electrical and electronic equipment

Actions for failure to fulfil obligations – Examination of merits by the Court – Situation to be taken into consideration – Situation on expiry of the period laid down in the reasoned opinion (Art. 226 EC) (see para. 8)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure to adopt within the prescribed period all measures necessary to comply with Directives 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) (OJ 2003 L 137, p. 24) and 2003/108/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 December 2003 amending Directive 2002/96/EC (OJ 2003 L 345, p. 106).

Operative part:

By failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with:

–Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), and

–Directive 2003/108/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 December 2003 amending Directive 2002/96,

the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has failed to fulfil its obligations under those Directives.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is ordered to pay the costs.