22.4.2006   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 96/8


Action brought on 27 February 2006 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Slovak Republic

(Case C-114/06)

(2006/C 96/14)

Language of the case: Slovak

An action against the Slovak Republic was brought before the Court of Justice of the European Communities on 27 February 2006 by the Commission of the European Communities, represented by G. Zavvos and Tomáš Kukal, acting as Agents, with an address for service in Luxembourg.

The Commission claims that the Court should:

1.

declare that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Council Directive 96/48/EC of 23 July 1996 on the interoperability of the trans-European high-speed rail system (1), or alternatively by failing to notify those measures to the Commission, the Slovak Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;

2.

order the Slovak Republic to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The period for adopting measures to transpose the directive expired on 1 May 2004.


(1)  OJ L 235 of 17. 9. 1996, p. 6.