CELEX: 62007CJ0059
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations
Directive 2003/109/EC
Status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents
Failure to transpose within the prescribed period

Failure of the Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure to adopt, within the prescribed period, the provisions necessary
to comply with Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are
long-term residents (OJ 2004 L 16, p. 44).
Operative part
The Court:

Declares that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Council Directive
2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long‑term residents, the Kingdom
of Spain has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive.

Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs.