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Document C2004/273/17
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 16 September 2004 in Case C-423/03: Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Finland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Non-transposition — Directive 2001/18/EC)
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 16 September 2004 in Case C-423/03: Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Finland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Non-transposition — Directive 2001/18/EC)
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 16 September 2004 in Case C-423/03: Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Finland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Non-transposition — Directive 2001/18/EC)
IO C 273, 6.11.2004, p. 9–9
(ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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6.11.2004 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 273/9 |
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(Fourth Chamber)
of 16 September 2004
in Case C-423/03: Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Finland (1)
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Non-transposition - Directive 2001/18/EC)
(2004/C 273/17)
Language of the case: Finnish
In Case C-423/03, Commission of the European Communities (Agents: U. Wölker and M. Huttunen) v Republic of Finland (Agent: T. Pynnä) — action brought on 3 October 2003 under Article 226 EC for failure to fulfil obligations — the Court (Fourth Chamber) composed of: J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, (President of the Chamber), K. Lenaerts and K. Schiemann (Rapporteur), Judges, Advocate General: M. Poiares Maduro; Registrar: R. Grass, has given a judgment on 16 September 2004, in which it:
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Declares that, 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 Republic of Finland has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive; |
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Orders the Republic of Finland to pay the costs. |