21.11.2009   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 282/16


Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 1 October 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Czech Republic

(Case C-100/09) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2007/14/EC - Detailed rules for the implementation of certain provisions of Directive 2004/109/EC - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)

2009/C 282/31

Language of the case: Czech

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: L Jelínek and P. Dejmek, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Czech Republic (represented by: M. Smolek, acting as Agent)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to adopt, within the prescribed period, all the provisions necessary to comply with Commission Directive 2007/14/EC of 8 March 2007 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of certain provisions of Directive 2004/109/EC on the harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market (OJ 2007 L 69, p. 27)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

declares that, by failing to adopt, within the prescribed period, all the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Commission Directive 2007/14/EC of 8 March 2007 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of certain provisions of Directive 2004/109/EC on the harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the Czech Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 24 of that directive;

2.

orders the Czech Republic to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 113, 16.05.2009.