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Document C2004/217/19
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 1 July 2004 in Case C-448/03: Commission of the European Communities v French Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to transpose Directive 98/44/EC)
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 1 July 2004 in Case C-448/03: Commission of the European Communities v French Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to transpose Directive 98/44/EC)
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 1 July 2004 in Case C-448/03: Commission of the European Communities v French Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to transpose Directive 98/44/EC)
OJ C 217, 28.8.2004, p. 10–10
(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 217/10 |
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(Fourth Chamber)
of 1 July 2004
in Case C-448/03: Commission of the European Communities v French Republic (1)
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Failure to transpose Directive 98/44/EC)
(2004/C 217/19)
Language of the case: French
In Case C-448/03: Commission of the European Communities (Agent: K. Banks) v French Republic (Agents: G de Bergues and A. Bodard-Hermant) — application for a declaration that, by not adopting the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 1998 on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions (OJ 1998 L 213, p. 13) or, in any event, by not communicating those provisions to the Commission, the French Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 15 of that directive — the Court (Fourth Chamber), composed of: J. N. Cunha Rodrigues, President of the Chamber, J.-P. Puissochet and F. Macken, Judges; F. G. Jacobs, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a judgment on 1 July 2004, in which it:
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Declares that, by not adopting the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 1998 on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions, the French Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 15 of that directive. |
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Orders the French Republic to pay the costs. |