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24.11.2007 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 283/4 |
Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 27 September 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Portuguese Republic
(Case C-5/07) (1)
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2003/109/EC - Third-country nationals who are long-term residents - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)
(2007/C 283/05)
Language of the case: Portuguese
Parties
Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: M. Condou-Durande and P. Guerra e Andrade, Agents)
Defendant: Portuguese Republic (represented by: L. Fernandes and F. Fraústo de Azevedo, Agents)
Re:
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to adopt, within the prescribed period, the provisions necessary to comply with Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents (OJ 2004 L 16, p. 44)
Operative part of the judgment
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By not having adopted, within the prescribed period, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents, the Portuguese Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive. |
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The Portuguese Republic is ordered to pay the costs. |