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25.2.2006 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 48/10 |
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(Fifth Chamber)
of 15 December 2005
in Case C-144/05: Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium (1)
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2002/59/EC - Failure to transpose within the period prescribed)
(2006/C 48/20)
Language of the case: Dutch
In Case C-144/05 Commission of the European Communities (Agents: K. Simonsson and W. Wils) v Kingdom of Belgium (Agent: M. Wimmer) — ACTION for a declaration of failure to fulfil obligations pursuant to Article 226 EC, brought on 30 March 2005– the Court (Fifth Chamber), composed of J. Makarczyk, President of the Chamber, R. Silva de Lapuerta and J. Klučka (Rapporteur), Judges; C. Stix-Hackl, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a judgment on 15 December 2005, in which it:
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Declares that, by failing to adopt within the period prescribed the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2002 establishing a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system and repealing Council Directive 93/75/EEC, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under that Directive. |
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Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs. |