28.5.2005   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 132/6

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Second Chamber)

of 14 April 2005

in Case C-157/03: Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directives 68/360/EEC, 73/148/EEC, 90/365/EEC and 64/221/EEC - Right of residence - Residence permit - Third-country national who is a member of the family of a Community national - Time-limit for issue of residence permit)

(2005/C 132/11)

Language of the case: Spanish

In Case C-157/03, Commission of the European Communities (Agents: C. O'Reilly and L. Escobar Guerrero) v Kingdom of Spain (Agent: N. Díaz Abad) — action under Article 226 EC for failure to fulfil obligations, brought on 7 April 2003 — the Court (Second Chamber), composed of C.W.A. Timmermans, President of the Chamber, C. Gulmann, J. Makarczyk (Rapporteur), P. Kūris and J. Klučka, Judges; C. Stix-Hackl, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, gave a judgment on 14 April 2005, in which it:

1.

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Declares that, by failing to transpose correctly into its national law Council Directive 68/360/EEC of 15 October 1968 on the abolition of restrictions on movement and residence within the Community for workers of Member States and their families, Council Directive 73/148/EEC of 21 May 1973 on the abolition of restrictions on movement and residence within the Community for nationals of Member States with regard to establishment and the provision of services and Council Directive 90/365/EEC of 28 June 1990 on the right of residence for employees and self-employed persons who have ceased their occupational activity, in particular, by requiring third-country nationals who are members of the family of a Community national who has exercised his right to freedom of movement to obtain a residence visa for the issue of a residence permit, and

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by failing, in breach of the provisions of Council Directive 64/221/EEC of 25 February 1964 on the co-ordination of special measures concerning the movement and residence of foreign nationals which are justified on grounds of public policy, public security or public health, to issue a residence permit as soon as possible and in any event not later than six months from the date on which the application for that permit was submitted,

the Kingdom of Spain has failed to fulfil its obligations under those directives;

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Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs.

(1)  OJ C 135 of 07.06.2003.