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22.1.2005 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 19/5 |
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(Fifth Chamber)
of 17 June 2004
in Case C-255/03: Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium (1)
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Free movement of goods - Measures having equivalent effect - Label of quality and origin - ‘Walloon label of quality’)
(2005/C 19/08)
Language of the case: French
In Case C-255/03: Commission of the European Communities (Agents: C.-F. Durand and F. Simonetti) v Kingdom of Belgium (Agent: E. Dominkovits) – application for a declaration that, by adopting and maintaining in force rules under which the ‘Walloon label of quality’ is granted to finished products of a certain quality manufactured or processed in Wallonie, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 28 EC – the Court (Fifth Chamber), composed of C. Gulmann (Rapporteur), President of the Chamber, S. von Bahr and R. Silva de Lapuerta, Judges; F.G. Jacobs, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a judgment on 17 June 2004, in which it:
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Declares that, by adopting and maintaining in force rules under which ‘the Walloon label of quality’ is granted to finished products of a certain quality manufactured or processed in Wallonie, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 28 EC; |
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Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs. |