Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2011:527
Date: 2011-07-28
Language of the case: French
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Subject matter: Competition
Procedure: Action for failure to fulfil obligations - successful
Origin: Belgium

Action brought on 15 March 2010 - European Commission v Kingdom of Belgium (Case C-133/10) Language of the case: French Parties Applicant: European Commission (represented by: V. Peere and K. Walkerová, acting as Agents) Defendant: Kingdom of Belgium Form of order sought Declare that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Commission Directive 2005/81/EC of 28 November 2005 amending Directive 80/723/EEC on the transparency of financial relations between Member States and public undertakings as well as on financial transparency within certain undertakings, 1 and in any event by not communicating such measures to the Commission, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive; order the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs. Pleas in law and main arguments The period prescribed for transposing Directive 2005/81/EC expired on 19 December 2006. As at the date on which the present action was brought, the defendant had not yet adopted all the measures necessary to transpose the directive or, in any event, had not notified the Commission thereof. ____________ 1 - OJ 2005 L 312, p. 47.