CELEX: 62008CJ0505
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations
Directive 2005/36/EC
Recognition of professional qualifications
Failure to transpose within the prescribed period

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure to adopt, within the specified time‑limit, the necessary provisions
to comply with Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of
professional qualifications (OJ 2005 L 255, p. 22).
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Declares that, by failing to adopt and communicate to the European Commission all the laws, regulations or administrative
provisions necessary to transpose Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on
the recognition of professional qualifications, the Federal Republic of Germany has failed to fulfil its obligations under
that Directive;
2.
Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to pay the costs.