30.8.2008   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 223/18


Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 17 July 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium

(Case C-543/07) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Directive 2002/73/EC - Equal treatment for men and women - Access to employment - Vocational training and promotion - Working conditions - Failure to transpose within the period prescribed)

(2008/C 223/28)

Language of the case: Dutch

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: M. van Beek, acting as Agent)

Defendant: Kingdom of Belgium (represented by: D. Haven, Agent)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Failure to adopt, within the period prescribed, the provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2002/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2002 amending Council Directive 76/207/EEC on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions (OJ 2002 L 296, p. 15).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Declares that, by failing, within the period prescribed, to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2002/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2002 amending Council Directive 76/207/EEC on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions, the Kingdom of Belgium failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;

2.

Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 37, 9.2.2008.