CELEX: 62008CJ0555
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations
Directive 2005/56/EC
Cross-border mergers of limited liability companies
Failure to transpose within the prescribed period

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure to adopt, within the prescribed period, all the measures necessary
to comply with Directive 2005/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on cross-border mergers
of limited liability companies (OJ 2005 L 310, p. 1) – Financial institutions which require authorisation by a public body,
in particular banks and insurance companies.
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 Directive 2005/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on cross-border mergers
of limited liability companies, with regard to financial institutions which require authorisation by a public authority, in
particular certain banks and insurance companies, the Kingdom of Sweden has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;
2.
Orders the Kingdom of Sweden to pay the costs.