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Document C2004/217/17
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 8 July 2004 in Case C-389/03: Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to transpose Directive 1999/74/EC)
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 8 July 2004 in Case C-389/03: Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to transpose Directive 1999/74/EC)
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 8 July 2004 in Case C-389/03: Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to transpose Directive 1999/74/EC)
OJ C 217, 28.8.2004, p. 9–9
(ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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28.8.2004 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 217/9 |
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(Fourth Chamber)
of 8 July 2004
in Case C-389/03: Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium (1)
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Failure to transpose Directive 1999/74/EC)
(2004/C 217/17)
Language of the case: French
In Case C-389/03: Commission of the European Communities (Agent: A. Bordes) v Kingdom of Belgium (Agent: E. Dominkovits) — application for a declaration that, by not adopting the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Council Directive 1999/74/EC of 19 July 1999 laying down minimum standards for the protection of laying hens (OJ 1999 L 203, p. 53), and, in any event, by failing to inform the Commission thereof, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive — the Court (Fourth Chamber), composed of: J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, President of the Chamber, F. Macken (Rapporteur) and K. Lenaerts, Judges; D. Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a judgment on 8 July 2004, in which it:
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Declares that, by not adopting the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Council Directive 1999/74/EC of 19 July 1999 laying down minimum standards for the protection of laying hens, 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. |