16.5.2009   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 113/27


Action brought on 11 March 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Czech Republic

(Case C-100/09)

2009/C 113/50

Language of the case: Czech

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: L Jelínek and P. Dejmek, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Czech Republic

Form of order sought

declare that, by failing to adopt all such laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Commission Directive 2007/14/EC of 8 March 2007 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of certain provisions of Directive 2004/109/EC on the harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market, (1) or in any event, by failing to inform the Commission thereof, the Czech Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 24 of that directive;

order Czech Republic to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The period for implementing the directive into the domestic legal order expired on 8 March 2008.


(1)  OJ 2007 L 69, p. 27.