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Document C2005/217/23
Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 14 July 2005 in Case C-433/03: Commission of the European Communities v Federal Republic of Germany (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Negotiation, conclusion, ratification and implementation of bilateral agreements by a Member State — Transport of goods or passengers by inland waterway — External competence of the Community — Article 10 EC — Regulations (EEC) No 3921/91 and (EC) No 1356/96)
Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 14 July 2005 in Case C-433/03: Commission of the European Communities v Federal Republic of Germany (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Negotiation, conclusion, ratification and implementation of bilateral agreements by a Member State — Transport of goods or passengers by inland waterway — External competence of the Community — Article 10 EC — Regulations (EEC) No 3921/91 and (EC) No 1356/96)
Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 14 July 2005 in Case C-433/03: Commission of the European Communities v Federal Republic of Germany (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Negotiation, conclusion, ratification and implementation of bilateral agreements by a Member State — Transport of goods or passengers by inland waterway — External competence of the Community — Article 10 EC — Regulations (EEC) No 3921/91 and (EC) No 1356/96)
OJ C 217, 3.9.2005, p. 12–13
(ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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3.9.2005 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 217/12 |
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(Second Chamber)
of 14 July 2005
in Case C-433/03: Commission of the European Communities v Federal Republic of Germany (1)
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Negotiation, conclusion, ratification and implementation of bilateral agreements by a Member State - Transport of goods or passengers by inland waterway - External competence of the Community - Article 10 EC - Regulations (EEC) No 3921/91 and (EC) No 1356/96)
(2005/C 217/23)
Language of the case: German
In Case C-433/03, Commission of the European Communities (Agents: C. Schmidt, W. Wils and A. Manville) v Federal Republic of Germany (Agent: W.-D. Plessing, and G. Schohe, Lawyer) — action under Article 226 EC for failure to fulfil obligations, brought on 10 October 2003 — the Court (Second Chamber), composed of C.W.A. Timmermans, President of the Chamber, R. Silva de Lapuerta (Rapporteur), C. Gulmann, J. Makarczyk and P. Kūris, Judges; A. Tizzano, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, gave a judgment on 14 July 2005, in which it:
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Declares that, by ratifying and implementing:
without consulting or cooperating with the Commission of the European Communities, the Federal Republic of Germany has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 10 EC; |
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Dismisses the remainder of the action; |
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Orders the Commission of the European Communities and the Federal Republic of Germany to bear their own costs. |