CELEX: 62008CJ0293
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations
Directive 2004/83/EC
Failure to transpose within the prescribed period

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure to adopt, within the prescribed period, the measures necessary to
comply with Council Directive 2004/83/EC of 29 April 2004 on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country
nationals or stateless persons as refugees or as persons who otherwise need international protection and the content of the
protection granted (OJ 2004 L 304, p. 12).
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Declares that, by failing to adopt within the prescribed period the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary
to comply with Council Directive 2004/83/EC of 29 April 2004 on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third
country nationals or stateless persons as refugees or as persons who otherwise need international protection and the content
of the protection granted, the Republic of Finland has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;
2.
Orders the Republic of Finland to pay the costs.