(Case C‑264/07)

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Directive 2000/60/EC – Protection and management of water – Failure to undertake the analyses required – Failure to submit the summary reports required

Actions for failure to fulfil obligations – Examination of the 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. 10)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Breach of Articles 5(1) and 15(2) 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) – Failure to submit summary reports of the analyses required under Article 5 as regards certain river basin districts – Failure to undertake the analyses and reviews required by Article 5(1) of the directive.

Operative part

The Court:

1.Declares that, by failing to ensure that, for each river basin district falling within its territory, an analysis of its characteristics, a review of the impact of human activity on the status of surface waters and on groundwater, and an economic analysis of water use, are undertaken in accordance with the technical specifications set out in Annexes II and III to 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, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 5(1) of the directive and, by failing to submit summary reports of the analyses required by that provision, it has also failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 15(2) of the directive;

2.Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.