Judgment_paragraph 1 · Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom (C-30/01)

1By application lodged at the Court Registry on 24 January 2001, the Commission of the European Communities brought an action under Article 226 EC for a declaration that, by failing, in respect of Gibraltar, to adopt the laws, regulations or administrative provisions necessary to comply with:— Council Directive 67/548/EEC of 27 June 1967 on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions in relation to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances (OJ 1967 L 196, p. 1), as amended by Commission Directive 97/69/EC of 5 December 1997 (OJ 1997 L 343, p. 19);— Council Directive 87/18/EEC of 18 December 1986 on the harmonisation of laws, regulations and administrative practice relating to the application of good laboratory practice and the verification of their application for tests on chemical substances (OJ 1987 L 15, p. 29);— Council Directive 93/12/EEC of 23 March 1993 relating to the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels (OJ 1993 L 74, p. 81), as amended by Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 (OJ 1998 L 350, p. 58);— Council Directive 79/113/EEC of 19 December 1978 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the determination of the noise emission of construction plant and equipment (OJ 1979 L 33, p. 15), as amended by Commission Directive 85/405/EEC of 11 July 1985 (OJ 1985 L 233, p. 9);— Council Directive 84/533/EEC of 17 September 1984 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the permissible sound power level of compressors (OJ 1984 L 300, p. 123), as amended by Commission Directive 85/406/EEC of 11 July 1985 (OJ 1985 L 233, p. 11);— Council Directive 84/534/EEC of 17 September 1984 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the permissible sound power level of tower cranes (OJ 1984 L 300, p. 130), as amended by Council Directive 87/405/EEC of 25 June 1987 (OJ 1987 L 220, p. 60);— Council Directive 84/535/EEC of 17 September 1984 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the permissible sound power level of welding generators (OJ 1984 L 300, p. 142), as amended by Commission Directive 85/407/EEC of 11 July 1985 (OJ 1985 L 233, p. 16);— Council Directive 84/536/EEC of 17 September 1984 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the permissible sound power level of power generators (OJ 1984 L 300, p. 149), as amended by Commission Directive 85/408/EEC of 11 July 1985 (OJ 1985 L 233, p. 18);— Council Directive 84/537/EEC of 17 September 1984 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the permissible sound power level of powered hand-held concrete breakers and picks (OJ 1984 L 300, p. 156), as amended by Commission Directive 85/409/EEC of 11 July 1985 (OJ 1985 L 233, p. 20);— Council Directive 84/538/EEC of 17 September 1984 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the permissible sound power level of lawnmowers (OJ 1984 L 300, p. 171), as amended by Council Directive 88/181/EEC of 22 March 1988 (OJ 1988 L 81, p. 71);— Council Directive 86/594/EEC of 1 December 1986 on airborne noise emitted by household appliances (OJ 1986 L 344, p. 24);— Council Directive 86/662/EEC of 22 December 1986 on the limitation of noise emitted by hydraulic excavators, rope-operated excavators, dozers, loaders and excavator-loaders (OJ 1986 L 384, p. 1), as amended by Directive 95/27/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 June 1995 (OJ 1995 L 168, p. 14);— European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste (OJ 1994 L 365, p. 10) and— Commission Directive 97/35/EC of 18 June 1997 adapting to technical progress for the second time Council Directive 90/220/EEC on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms (OJ 1997 L 169, p. 72),or, in any event, by failing to inform the Commission of the adoption of such provisions, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has failed to fulfil its obligations under those directives.