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Document C2005/143/07
Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 21 April 2005 in Case C-140/03 Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic (Failure by a Member State to fulfil obligations — Articles 43 EC and 48 EC — Opticians — Conditions of establishment — Establishment and operation of opticians' shops — Restrictions — Justification — Principle of proportionality)
Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 21 April 2005 in Case C-140/03 Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic (Failure by a Member State to fulfil obligations — Articles 43 EC and 48 EC — Opticians — Conditions of establishment — Establishment and operation of opticians' shops — Restrictions — Justification — Principle of proportionality)
Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 21 April 2005 in Case C-140/03 Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic (Failure by a Member State to fulfil obligations — Articles 43 EC and 48 EC — Opticians — Conditions of establishment — Establishment and operation of opticians' shops — Restrictions — Justification — Principle of proportionality)
IO C 143, 11.6.2005, p. 8–8
(ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)
11.6.2005 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 143/8 |
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(Second Chamber)
of 21 April 2005
in Case C-140/03 Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic (1)
(Failure by a Member State to fulfil obligations - Articles 43 EC and 48 EC - Opticians - Conditions of establishment - Establishment and operation of opticians' shops - Restrictions - Justification - Principle of proportionality)
(2005/C 143/07)
Language of the case: Greek
In Case C-140/03 Commission of the European Communities (Agent: M. Patakia) v Hellenic Republic (Agent: E. Skandalou) — action under Article 226 EC for failure to fulfil obligations, brought on 27 March 2003 — the Court (Second Chamber), composed of C.W.A. Timmermans, President of the Chamber, R. Silva de Lapuerta, C. Gulmann (Rapporteur), P. Kūris and G. Arestis, Judges; D. Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, Advocate General; L. Hewlett, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 21 April 2005, in which it:
1. |
Declares that by enacting and maintaining in force Law No 971/79 on the exercise of the profession of optician and on shops for the sale of optical articles, which does not permit a qualified optician as a natural person to operate more than one optician's shop, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 43 EC; |
2. |
Declares that by enacting and maintaining in force Law No 971/79 and Law No 2646/98 on the development of a national social security system and other provisions, under which the establishment by a legal person of an optician's shop in Greece is subject to the following conditions:
the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 43 EC and 48 EC; |
3. |
Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs. |