24.12.2005 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 330/4 |
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(Second Chamber)
of 27 October 2005
in Case C-525/03: Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic (1)
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - National rules ceasing to have any legal effect before the expiry of the period laid down in the reasoned opinion - Inadmissibility of the action)
(2005/C 330/08)
Language of the case: Italian
In Case C-525/03 Commission of the European Communities (Agents: X. Lewis, C. Loggi and K. Wiedner) v Italian Republic (Agent: I. M. Braguglia and G. Fiengo, lawyer) — action for failure to fulfil obligations under Article 226 EC, brought on 16 December 2003 — the Court (Second Chamber), composed of C. W. A. Timmermans, President of the Chamber, J. Makarczyk (Rapporteur), C. Gulmann, R. Schintgen and J. Klučka, Judges; F. G. Jacobs, Advocate General; L. Hewlett, Principal Administrator for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 27 October 2005, in which it:
1. |
Dismisses the action as inadmissible; |
2. |
Orders the Commission of the European Communities and the Italian Republic to bear their own costs. |