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Document C2004/217/04
Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 24 June 2004 in Case C-269/02: Commission of the European Communities v French Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to implement Directive 98/24/EC within the prescribed period — Protection of the health and safety of workers — Risks linked to chemical agents at work)
Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 24 June 2004 in Case C-269/02: Commission of the European Communities v French Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to implement Directive 98/24/EC within the prescribed period — Protection of the health and safety of workers — Risks linked to chemical agents at work)
Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 24 June 2004 in Case C-269/02: Commission of the European Communities v French Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to implement Directive 98/24/EC within the prescribed period — Protection of the health and safety of workers — Risks linked to chemical agents at work)
IO C 217, 28.8.2004, p. 3–3
(ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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28.8.2004 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 217/3 |
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(Third Chamber)
of 24 June 2004
in Case C-269/02: Commission of the European Communities v French Republic (1)
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Failure to implement Directive 98/24/EC within the prescribed period - Protection of the health and safety of workers - Risks linked to chemical agents at work)
(2004/C 217/04)
Language of the case: French
In Case C-269/02: Commission of the European Communities (Agent: D. Martin) v French Republic (Agents: G. de Bergues and C. Lemaire, assisted by C. Bergeot-Nunes) — application for a declaration that, by not bringing into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Council Directive 98/24/EC of 7 April 1998 on the protection of the health and safety of workers from the risks related to chemical agents at work (fourteenth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) or, in any event, by not giving notice of those measures to the Commission, the French Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive — the Court (Third Chamber), composed of: A. Rosas, acting as President of the Third Chamber, R. Schintgen and K. Schiemann (Rapporteur), Judges; A. Tizzano, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a judgment on 24 June 2004, in which it:
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Declares that, by not bringing into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Council Directive 98/24/EC of 7 April 1998 on the protection of the health and safety of workers from the risks related to chemical agents at work (fourteenth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC), the French Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive; |
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Orders the French Republic to pay the costs. |