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Document C2004/228/30
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 15 July 2004 in Case C-420/03: Commission of the European Communities against Federal Republic of Germany (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Failure to transpose — Directive 2001/18/EC)
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 15 July 2004 in Case C-420/03: Commission of the European Communities against Federal Republic of Germany (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Failure to transpose — Directive 2001/18/EC)
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 15 July 2004 in Case C-420/03: Commission of the European Communities against Federal Republic of Germany (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Failure to transpose — Directive 2001/18/EC)
IO C 228, 11.9.2004, p. 16–16
(ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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11.9.2004 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 228/16 |
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(Fourth Chamber)
of 15 July 2004
in Case C-420/03: Commission of the European Communities against Federal Republic of Germany (1)
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Failure to transpose - Directive 2001/18/EC)
(2004/C 228/30)
Language of the case: German
In Case C-420/03 — Commission of the European Communities (Agent: U. Wölker) against Federal Republic of Germany (Agents: W.-D. Plessing and M. Lumma) — application for a declaration that by failing to bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to implement Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 March 2001 on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms and repealing Council Directive 90/220/EEC (OJ 2001 L 106, p. 1) or, in any event, by failing to inform the Commission thereof, the Federal Republic of Germany has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive — the Court (Fourth Chamber), composed of: J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, President of the Chamber, K. Lenaerts and K. Schiemann (Rapporteur), Judges; C. Stix-Hackl, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a judgment on 15 July 2004, the operative part of which is as follows:
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By failing to adopt within the prescribed period the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 March 2001 on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms and repealing Council Directive 90/220/EEC, the Federal Republic of Germany has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive. |
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The Federal Republic of Germany is ordered to pay the costs. |