Commission of the European Communities v.Ireland País/Territorio Unión Europea Tipo de la corte Nacional - corte inferior Fecha Nov 9, 2006 Fuente UNEP, InforMEA Nombre del tribunal European Court of Justice Sede de la corte Luxembourg Juez Timmermans, C.W.A.Kuris, O.Klucka, J.Silva de Lapuerta, R.Makarczyk, J.Stix-Hackl, C. Idioma Inglés Materia Medio ambiente gen. Palabra clave EIA Normas sobre calidad ambiental Planificación ambiental Cumplimiento/aplicación Resumen The ECJ has ruled against the Commission in a case against Ireland. Ireland had imposed a fee of €20 charged for commenting on planning applications and objecting to those. According to the Court the Commissions objections are without foundation, as the issue is one of national law and therefore for the Irish judges to rule upon. The Court thereby endorsed an Advisory Opinion that was issued in March of this year. Since it did not rule on the merits the question regarding the polluter pays principle remained unanswered.