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Document C2005/082/08

Judgment of the Court of Justice (Fourth Chamber) of 16 December 2004 in Case C-358/03 Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Austria (Failure to fulfil obligations — Workers' protection — Health and safety of workers — Manual handling of loads where there is a risk of injury to workers)

OJ C 82, 2.4.2005, p. 4–4 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)

2.4.2005   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 82/4


JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF JUSTICE

(Fourth Chamber)

of 16 December 2004

in Case C-358/03 Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Austria (1)

(Failure to fulfil obligations - Workers' protection - Health and safety of workers - Manual handling of loads where there is a risk of injury to workers)

(2005/C 82/08)

Language of the Case: German

In Case C-358/03, concerning an action for failure to fulfil obligations under Article 226 EC, brought on 19 August 2003 by the Commission of the European Communities (Agents: D. Martin and H. Kreppel) against the Republic of Austria (Agent: E. Riedl), the Court of Justice (Fourth Chamber), composed of K. Lenaerts, President of the Chamber, N. Colneric (Rapporteur), and J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, Judges; Advocate General, A. Tizzano; Registrar, R. Grass, gave a judgment on 16 December 2004, in which it:

1.

Declares that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply, in the Land of Carinthia, with Council Directive 90/269/EEC of 29 May 1990 on the minimum health and safety requirements for the manual handling of loads where there is a risk particularly of back injury to workers (fourth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC), the Republic of Austria has failed to fulfil its obligations under that Directive;

2.

Dismisses the remainder of the action;

3.

Orders the Commission of the European Communities and the Republic of Austria to bear their own costs.


(1)  OJ C 264 of 01.11.2003


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