26.1.2008 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 22/14 |
Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 6 December 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
(Case C-57/07) (1)
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2003/86/EC - Right to family reunification - Non-transposition within the prescribed period)
(2008/C 22/27)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: M. Condou-Durande, acting as Agent)
Defendant: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (represented by: C. Schiltz, acting as Agent)
Re:
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to have adopted, within the prescribed period, the measures necessary to comply with Council Directive 2003/86/EC of 22 September 2003 on the right to family reunification (OJ 2003 L 251, p. 12).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. |
Declares that by not having adopted, within the prescribed period, the legislative, regulatory and administrative measures necessary to comply with Council Directive 2003/86/EC of 22 September 2003 on the right to family reunification, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive; |
2. |
Orders the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to pay the costs. |