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4.7.2009 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 153/14 |
Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 30 April 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
(Case C-256/08) (1)
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2004/83/EC - Minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as refugees or as persons who need international protection - Failure to transpose the directive within the prescribed period)
2009/C 153/27
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: C. O’Reilly and M. Condou-Durande, acting as Agents)
Defendant: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: S. Ossowski, acting as Agent)
Re:
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to adopt, within the prescribed period, the provisions necessary to comply with Council Directive 2004/83/EC of 29 April 2004 on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as refugees or as persons who otherwise need international protection and the content of the protection granted (OJ 2004 L 304, p. 12)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Declares that, by failing to adopt, within the prescribed period, all the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Council Directive 2004/83/EC of 29 April 2004 on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as refugees or as persons who otherwise need international protection and the content of the protection granted, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive; |
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Orders the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to pay the costs. |