# C_2005182EN.01000602.xml

| 23.7.2005 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 182/6 |
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JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(First Chamber)

of 2 June 2005

in Case C-266/03: Commission of the European Communities v Grand Duchy of Luxembourg( 1 )

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Negotiation, conclusion, ratification and implementation of bilateral agreements by a Member State - Transport of goods or passengers by inland waterway - External competence of the Community - Article 10 EC - Regulations (EEC) No 3921/91 and (EC) No 1356/96)

(2005/C 182/12)

Language of the case: French

In Case C-266/03: Commission of the European Communities (Agents: C. Schmidt and W. Wils) v Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (Agent: S. Schreiner) — action under Article 226 EC for failure to fulfil obligations, brought on 18 June 2003 — the Court (First Chamber), composed of P. Jann, President of the Chamber, R. Silva de Lapuerta (Rapporteur), K. Lenaerts, S. von Bahr and K. Schiemann, Judges; P. Léger, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, gave a judgment on 2 June 2005, in which it:

| 1. | Declares that, by negotiating, concluding, ratifying and arranging for the entry into force of
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the agreement between the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Government of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic on inland waterway transport, signed in Luxembourg on 30 December 1992; —
the agreement between the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Government of Romania on inland waterway transport, signed in Bucharest on 10 November 1993; and —
the agreement between the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Government of the Republic of Poland on inland waterway transport, signed in Luxembourg on 9 March 1994, without having cooperated or consulted with the Commission, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 10 EC; | — | the agreement between the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Government of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic on inland waterway transport, signed in Luxembourg on 30 December 1992; | — | the agreement between the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Government of Romania on inland waterway transport, signed in Bucharest on 10 November 1993; and | — | the agreement between the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Government of the Republic of Poland on inland waterway transport, signed in Luxembourg on 9 March 1994, |
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| — | the agreement between the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Government of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic on inland waterway transport, signed in Luxembourg on 30 December 1992; | | | | | | |
| — | the agreement between the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Government of Romania on inland waterway transport, signed in Bucharest on 10 November 1993; and | | | | | | |
| — | the agreement between the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Government of the Republic of Poland on inland waterway transport, signed in Luxembourg on 9 March 1994, | | | | | | |

| 2. | Dismisses the remainder of the action; |
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| 3. | Orders the Commission of the European Communities and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to bear their own costs. |
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( 1 )  OJ C 200 of 23.08.2003.

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