# C_2009141EN.01000401.xml

| 20.6.2009 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 141/4 |
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Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 23 April 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium

(Case C-287/07)( 1 )

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Public contracts - Directive 2004/17/EC - Procedures for the award of contracts in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors - Incorrect or incomplete transposition - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)

2009/C 141/06

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: B. Stromsky, D. Kukovec and M. Konstantinidis, Agents)

Defendant: Kingdom of Belgium (represented by: D. Haven and J.-C. Halleux, Agents)

Re:

Failure of Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to have taken, within the prescribed period, all the provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (OJ 2004 L 134, p. 1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

| 1. | Declares that,
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by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to transpose completely and correctly Article 1(2)(b), the second subparagraph of Article 1(2)(c), Article 1(2)(d) and the second subparagraph of Article 1(13), Article 14(4), Article 17(10)(a) and (c), Article 34(8), Article 36(2), Article 39(2), Article 45(1) and (3)(a) and (c), Article 48(1) to (4) and (6)(c), the second indent of Article 49(2), Article 49(3) to (5), the first subparagraph of Article 50(1) under (c), Article 52(1), the second subparagraph of Article 57(1) under (d) and (e) and the first sentence of Article 57(3), and Article 65(2) of Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors, and —
by failing to have adopted, within the prescribed period, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Article 9, Article 34(2), Article 52(3) and the second sentence of Article 57(3) of Directive 2004/17, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under that Directive; | — | by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to transpose completely and correctly Article 1(2)(b), the second subparagraph of Article 1(2)(c), Article 1(2)(d) and the second subparagraph of Article 1(13), Article 14(4), Article 17(10)(a) and (c), Article 34(8), Article 36(2), Article 39(2), Article 45(1) and (3)(a) and (c), Article 48(1) to (4) and (6)(c), the second indent of Article 49(2), Article 49(3) to (5), the first subparagraph of Article 50(1) under (c), Article 52(1), the second subparagraph of Article 57(1) under (d) and (e) and the first sentence of Article 57(3), and Article 65(2) of Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors, and | — | by failing to have adopted, within the prescribed period, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Article 9, Article 34(2), Article 52(3) and the second sentence of Article 57(3) of Directive 2004/17, |
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| — | by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to transpose completely and correctly Article 1(2)(b), the second subparagraph of Article 1(2)(c), Article 1(2)(d) and the second subparagraph of Article 1(13), Article 14(4), Article 17(10)(a) and (c), Article 34(8), Article 36(2), Article 39(2), Article 45(1) and (3)(a) and (c), Article 48(1) to (4) and (6)(c), the second indent of Article 49(2), Article 49(3) to (5), the first subparagraph of Article 50(1) under (c), Article 52(1), the second subparagraph of Article 57(1) under (d) and (e) and the first sentence of Article 57(3), and Article 65(2) of Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors, and | | | | |
| — | by failing to have adopted, within the prescribed period, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Article 9, Article 34(2), Article 52(3) and the second sentence of Article 57(3) of Directive 2004/17, | | | | |

| 2. | Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs. |
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( 1 )  OJ C 211, 08.09.2007.

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