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22.1.2005 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 19/8 |
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(Fourth Chamber)
of 18 November 2004
in Case C-87/04: Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium (1)
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Directive 2001/17/EC - Reorganisation and winding-up of insurance undertakings - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)
(2005/C 19/14)
Language of the case: French
In Case C-87/04: action under Article 226 EC for failure to fulfil obligations, brought on 23 February 2004, Commission of the European Communities (Agents: E. Traversa and P. Léouffre) against Kingdom of Belgium (Agent: E. Dominkovits) – the Court (Fourth Chamber), composed of: J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, acting as President of the Fourth Chamber, M. Ilešič (Rapporteur) and E. Levits, Judges; L.A. Geelhoed, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a judgment on 18 November 2004, in which it:
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Declares that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2001/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2001 on the reorganisation and winding-up of insurance undertakings, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive, |
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Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs. |