By application lodged at the Court Registry on 11 October 2000, the Commission of the European Communities brought an action under Article 226 EC for a declaration that, by failing to forward to the Commission, for the period from 1995 to 1997, the reports required under Article 18 of Council Directive 75/439/EEC of 16 June 1975 on the disposal of waste oils, as amended by Council Directive 91/692/EEC of 23 December 1991 standardising and rationalising reports on the implementation of certain Directives relating to the environment, and under Article 12 of Council Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 1975 on waste, as amended by Directive 91/692/EEC, within the periods fixed by those provisions, the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under the said directives.
Το άρθρο 5 της οδηγίας 91/692 αντικαθιστά το κείμενο των αναφερομένων στο παράρτημα VI της οδηγίας αυτής διατάξεων, μεταξύ τιον οποίων των άρθροχν 18 της οδηγίας 75/439 και 12 της οδηγίας 75/442, με το ακόλουθο κείμενο: