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30.8.2008 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 223/15 |
Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 10 July 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Portuguese Republic
(Case C-307/07) (1)
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Directive 89/48/EEC - Recognition of diplomas awarded on completion of professional education and training of at least three years' duration - Failure to recognise diplomas which give access to the profession of pharmacist specialising in medical biology - Failure to transpose)
(2008/C 223/24)
Language of the case: Portuguese
Parties
Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: H. Støvlbæk and P. Andrade, acting as Agents)
Defendant: Portuguese Republic (represented by: L. Fernandes, Agent)
Re:
Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Failure to transpose Council Directive 89/48/EEC of 21 December 1988 on a general system for the recognition of higher-education diplomas awarded on completion of professional education and training of at least three years' duration (OJ 1989 L 19, p. 16) in relation to the profession of pharmacist specialising in medical biology
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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declares that, by failing to adopt the measures necessary to transpose Council Directive 89/48/EEC of 21 December 1988 on a general system for the recognition of higher-education diplomas awarded on completion of professional education and training of at least three years' duration, as amended by Directive 2002/19/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 14 May 2001, in relation to the profession of pharmacist specialising in medical biology, the Portuguese Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive; |
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orders the Portuguese Republic to pay the costs. |