Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations Failure to transpose within the prescribed period Directive 2003/9/EC Asylum policy Asylum seekers Reception Minimum standards
Sumário
Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 19 April 2007.
Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic.
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2003/9/EC - Asylum policy - Asylum seekers - Reception - Minimum standards - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period.
Case C-72/06.
Texto da decisão
Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 19 April 2007 – Commission v Greece
(Case C‑72/06)
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Directive 2003/9/EC – Asylum policy – Asylum seekers – Reception – Minimum standards – 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 EC) (see para. 7)
Re:
| Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure to adopt, within the prescribed period, the provisions necessary to comply with Council Directive 2003/9/EC of 27 January 2003 laying down minimum standards for the reception of asylum seekers (OJ 2003 L 31, p. 18). |
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 Council Directive 2003/9/EC of 27 January 2003 laying down minimum standards for the reception of asylum seekers, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 26 of that directive; |
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Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs. |