Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations Failure to transpose within the prescribed period Directive 2005/65/EC Transport policy Security of ports
Sumário
Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 3 September 2009.
Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Estonia.
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2005/65/EC - Transport policy - Security of ports - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period.
Case C-464/08.
Texto da decisão
Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 3 September 2009 – Commission v Estonia
(Case C‑464/08)
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Directive 2005/65/EC – Transport policy – Security of ports – Failure to transpose within the prescribed period
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. 9)
Re:
| Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure to take within the prescribed period the measures necessary to comply with Directive 2005/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on enhancing port security (OJ 2005 L 310, p. 28). |
Operative part
The Court:
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Declares that, by failing to adopt within the prescribed period all the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2005/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on enhancing port security, the Republic of Estonia has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive; |
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Orders the Republic of Estonia to pay the costs. |