61989CJ0375_EN
Parties
Operative part
Parties
In Case C-375/89,
Commission of the European Communities, represented by A. Abate, Principal Legal Adviser, and M. Nolin, a member of its Legal Department, acting as Agents, with an address for service in Luxembourg at the Office of Guido Berardis, a member of its Legal Department, Wagner Centre, Kirchberg,
applicant,
v
Kingdom of Belgium, represented by Robert Hoebaer, Director of Administration at the Ministry for Foreign Relations, Foreign Trade and Cooperation with Developing Countries, acting as Agent, with an address for service in Luxembourg at the Belgian Embassy, 4 rue des Girondins,
defendant,
APPLICATION for a declaration that, by failing to take the measures needed to comply with the judgment of the Court of Justice of 9 April 1987 in Case 5/86 Commission v Belgium [1987] ECR 1773, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 171 of the EEC Treaty,
THE COURT
composed of O. Due, President, G. F. Mancini, T. F. O' Higgins and G. C. Rodríguez Iglesias (Presidents of Chambers), Sir Gordon Slynn, R. Joliet and F. A. Schockweiler, Judges,
(the grounds of the judgment are not reproduced)
hereby:
Operative part
(1) Declares that, by failing to take the measures needed to comply with the judgment of the Court of Justice of 9 April 1987, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 171 of the EEC Treaty;
(2) Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs.