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Document 62008CA0095
Case C-95/08: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 4 November 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Directive 2004/9/EC — Failure to designate the authorities responsible for the inspection of laboratories and for the audit of studies carried out by laboratories to assess compliance with the principles of good laboratory practice)
Case C-95/08: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 4 November 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Directive 2004/9/EC — Failure to designate the authorities responsible for the inspection of laboratories and for the audit of studies carried out by laboratories to assess compliance with the principles of good laboratory practice)
Case C-95/08: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 4 November 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Directive 2004/9/EC — Failure to designate the authorities responsible for the inspection of laboratories and for the audit of studies carried out by laboratories to assess compliance with the principles of good laboratory practice)
OJ C 327, 20.12.2008, p. 6–6
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
20.12.2008 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 327/6 |
Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 4 November 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
(Case C-95/08) (1)
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Directive 2004/9/EC - Failure to designate the authorities responsible for the inspection of laboratories and for the audit of studies carried out by laboratories to assess compliance with the principles of good laboratory practice)
(2008/C 327/09)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: G. Rozet and P. Oliver, acting as Agents)
Defendant: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (represented by: C. Schiltz, acting as Agent)
Re:
Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Directive 2004/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 on the inspection and verification of good laboratory practice (GLP) (OJ 2004 L 50, p. 28) — Failure to designate the authorities responsible for the inspection of laboratories and for the audit of studies carried out by laboratories to assess compliance with the principles of good laboratory practice
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. |
declares that by not putting in place the authorities able to verify the implementation of the principles of good laboratory practice, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 3 of Directive 2004/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 on the inspection and verification of good laboratory practice (GLP); |
2. |
orders the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to pay the costs. |