CELEX: 62008CJ0322
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 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 (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 Kingdom of Sweden has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;
2.
Orders the Kingdom of Sweden to pay the costs.