Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations Failure to transpose within the prescribed period Directive 2002/84/EC
Sumário
Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 2 February 2006.
Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium.
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2002/84/EC - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period.
Case C-143/05.
Texto da decisão
Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 2 February 2006 – Commission v Belgium
(Case C-143/05)
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Directive 2002/84/EC – Failure to transpose within the prescribed period
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 CE) (see para. 6)
Re:
| Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure to take the necessary measures to comply with Directive 2002/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 November 2002 amending the Directives on maritime safety and the prevention of pollution from ships (OJ 2002 L 324 p. 53) |
Operative part:
The Court:
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Declares that, by failing to adopt, within the prescribed period, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2002/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 November 2002 amending the Directives on maritime safety and the prevention of pollution from ships, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive; |
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Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs. |