CELEX: 62008CJ0523
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations
Directive 2005/71/EC
Specific procedure for admitting third-country nationals for the purposes of scientific research
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 2005/71/EC of 12 October 2005 on a specific procedure for admitting third‑country nationals
for the purposes of scientific research (OJ 2005 L 289, p. 15).
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Declares that, by failing to adopt, within the prescribed period, all the laws, regulations and administrative provisions
necessary to comply with Council Directive 2005/71/EC of 12 October 2005 on a specific procedure for admitting third-country
nationals for the purposes of scientific research, the Kingdom of Spain has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;
2.
Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs.