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Document C2005/006/39
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 18 November 2004 in Case C-164/04: Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Directive 2001/17/EC — Reorganisation and winding-up of insurance undertakings — Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 18 November 2004 in Case C-164/04: Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Directive 2001/17/EC — Reorganisation and winding-up of insurance undertakings — Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 18 November 2004 in Case C-164/04: Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Directive 2001/17/EC — Reorganisation and winding-up of insurance undertakings — Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)
ĠU C 6, 8.1.2005, p. 20–20
(ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)
8.1.2005 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 6/20 |
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(Fourth Chamber)
of 18 November 2004
in Case C-164/04: Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1)
(Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Directive 2001/17/EC - Reorganisation and winding-up of insurance undertakings - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)
(2005/C 6/39)
Language of the case: English
In Case C-164/04: action for failure to fulfil obligations under Article 226 EC, brought on 31 March 2004, between Commission of the European Communities (Agents: E. Traversa and M. Shotter) and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Agent: C. Jackson) — the Court (Fourth Chamber), composed of: J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, acting for the President of the Fourth Chamber, M. Ilešič (Rapporteur) and E. Levits, Judges; L.A. Geelhoed, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a judgment on 18 November 2004, the operative part of which is as follows:
1. |
By not adopting the laws, regulations and administrative measures necessary to comply with Directive 2001/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2001 on the reorganisation and winding-up of insurance undertakings, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive. |
2. |
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is ordered to pay the costs. |