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Document C2005/045/20
Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 16 December 2004 in Case C-528/03: Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of the Netherlands (Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Directive 2002/35/EC — Maritime transport — Safety of fishing vessels)
Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 16 December 2004 in Case C-528/03: Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of the Netherlands (Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Directive 2002/35/EC — Maritime transport — Safety of fishing vessels)
Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 16 December 2004 in Case C-528/03: Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of the Netherlands (Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Directive 2002/35/EC — Maritime transport — Safety of fishing vessels)
OJ C 45, 19.2.2005, p. 10–10
(ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)
19.2.2005 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 45/10 |
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(Fifth Chamber)
of 16 December 2004
in Case C-528/03: Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of the Netherlands (1)
(Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Directive 2002/35/EC - Maritime transport - Safety of fishing vessels)
(2005/C 45/20)
Language of the case: Dutch
In Case C-528/03: Commission of the European Communities (Agents: W. Wils and K. Simonsson) v Kingdom of the Netherlands (Agents: H.G. Sevenster and C.A.H.M. ten Dam) – action for failure to fulfil obligations under Article 226 EC, brought on 18 December 2003 – the Court (Fifth Chamber), composed of R. Silva de Lapuerta, President of the Chamber, J. Makarczyk and P. Kÿris (Rapporteur), Judges; M. Poiares Maduro, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, 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 fully with Commission Directive 2002/35/EC of 25 April 2002 amending Council Directive 97/70/EC setting up a harmonised safety regime for fishing vessels of 24 metres in length and over, the Kingdom of the Netherlands has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive. |
2. |
Orders the Kingdom of the Netherlands to pay the costs. |