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Document C2006/294/03
Case C-377/03: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 5 October 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Communities' own resources — Undischarged TIR carnets — Failure or delay in paying the corresponding own resources)
Case C-377/03: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 5 October 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Communities' own resources — Undischarged TIR carnets — Failure or delay in paying the corresponding own resources)
Case C-377/03: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 5 October 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Communities' own resources — Undischarged TIR carnets — Failure or delay in paying the corresponding own resources)
ĠU C 294, 2.12.2006, p. 2–3
(ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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2.12.2006 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 294/2 |
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 5 October 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium
(Case C-377/03) (1)
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Communities' own resources - Undischarged TIR carnets - Failure or delay in paying the corresponding own resources)
(2006/C 294/03)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: C. Giolito and G. Wilms, Agents)
Defendant: Kingdom of Belgium (represented by: E. Dominkovits, A. Goldman and M. Wimmer, Agents, B. van de Walle de Ghelcke, Lawyer)
Re:
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Articles 6, 9, 10 and 11 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1150/2000 of 22 May 2000 implementing Decision 94/728/EC, Euratom on the system of the Communities' own resources (OJ 2000 L 130, p. 1) — Default or delay in the payment of the own resources to the Commission — Failure to comply with accounting rules — Irregular release of certain transit documents (TIR carnets) by the Belgian customs authority
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Declares that by failing to enter in the accounts, or by making a late entry in the accounts of, the own resources arising from the TIR carnets which had not been discharged properly, by placing them in the B accounts instead of entering them in the A accounts, with the result that the relevant own resources were not made available to the Commission of the European Communities within the time-limits,
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Dismisses the remainder of the action; |
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Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs. |