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6.8.2005 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 193/8 |
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(Fifth Chamber)
of 9 June 2005
in Case C-510/04: Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium (1)
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Directive 2002/6/EC - Formalities for ships - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)
(2005/C 193/13)
Language of the case: French
In Case C-510/04 Commission of the European Communities (Agents: K. Simonsson and W. Wils) v Kingdom of Belgium (Agent: M. Wimmer) — action under Article 226 EC for failure to fulfil obligations, brought on 13 December 2004 — the Court (Fifth Chamber), composed of R. Silva de Lapuerta, President of the Chamber, G. Arestis and J. Klučka (Rapporteur), Judges; P. Léger, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, gave a judgment on 9 June 2005, in which it:
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Declares that, by failing to adopt within the prescribed period the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2002/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 February 2002 on reporting formalities for ships arriving in and/or departing from ports of the Member States of the Community, 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. |