Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 7 October 2004 in Case C-483/03: Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directives 2001/12/EC, 2001/13/EC and 2001/14/EC — The Community's railways — Development — Licensing of railway undertakings — Allocation of infrastructure capacity, levying of charges for the use of infrastructure and safety certification — Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)
Date: 2004-12-04
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Ireland, United Kingdom, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, rail transport, transport company, transport policy

4.12.2004

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1. Declares that, by imposing on service providers established in
another Member State who wish to deploy in its territory workers
who are nationals of non-member countries a requirement of indi-
vidual work permits, the issuance of which is subject to considera-
tions relating to the employment market, or a requirement of a
collective work permit, which is granted only in exceptional cases
and only when the workers concerned have, for at least six months
prior to the deployment, been in a relationship with their under-
taking of origin through a contract of employment of indefinite
duration, and by requiring those service providers to provide a
bank guarantee, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has failed to
fulfil its obligations under Article 49 EC;

2. Orders the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 289 of 29.11.2003.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Sixth Chamber)

of 21 October 2004

in Case C-477/03: Commission of the European Commu-
nities v Federal Republic of Germany (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directives
2001/12/EC, 2001/13/EC and 2001/14/EC — Community
railways — Development — Licensing of railway undertak-
infrastructure charges and
ings — Allocation of capacity,
to transpose within the
safety certification — Failure

prescribed period)

(2004/C 300/47)

(Language of the case: German)

In Case C-477/03: action under Article 226 EC for failure to
fulfil obligations brought on 17 November 2003 by Commis-
sion of the European Communities (Agents: C. Schmidt and W.
Wils) against Federal Republic of Germany (Agents: W.-D. Ples-
sing and M. Lumma) — the Court (Sixth Chamber), composed
of: A. Borg Barthet, President of the Chamber, J.-P. Puissochet
and U. Lõhmus (Rapporteur),
Judges; Advocate General: P.
Léger; Registrar: R. Grass, has given a judgment on 21 October
2004, in which it:

the laws,

1. Declares that, by failing to adopt

regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive
2001/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of
26 February 2001 amending Council Directive 91/440/EEC on
railways, Directive
the Community's
the
2001/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of
26 February 2001 amending Council Directive 95/18/EC on the
licensing of railway undertakings, and Directive 2001/14/EC of

development

of

the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2001
on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying
of charges for the use of railway infrastructure and safety certifica-
tion, the Federal Republic of Germany has failed to fulfil its obli-
gations under those Directives;

2. Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 21 of 24.1.2004.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Sixth Chamber)

of 7 October 2004

in Case C-483/03: Commission of the European Commu-
nities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directives
2001/12/EC, 2001/13/EC and 2001/14/EC — The Commu-
nity's railways — Development — Licensing of railway
undertakings — Allocation of infrastructure capacity, levying
of charges for the use of infrastructure and safety certifica-
tion — Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)

(2004/C 300/48)

(Language of the case: English)

In Case C-483/03: action under Article 226 EC for failure to
fulfil obligations, brought on 19 November 2003, between
Commission of the European Communities (Agent: W. Wils)
and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
(Agents: M. Demetriou and K. Manji) — the Court
(Sixth
Chamber), composed of: J.-P. Puissochet, acting for the Presi-
the Sixth Chamber, S. von Bahr and U. Lõhmus
dent of
(Rapporteur),
Judges; L.A. Geelhoed, Advocate General; R.
Grass, Registrar, has given a judgment on 7 October 2004, in
which it:

1. Declares that, by failing to adopt

of

the laws,

development

regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directives
2001/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of
26 February 2001 amending Council Directive 91/440/EEC on
railways, Directive
the Community's
the
2001/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of
26 February 2001 amending Council Directive 95/18/EC on the
licensing of railway undertakings and Directive 2001/14/EC of
the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2001
on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying
of charges for the use of railway infrastructure and safety certifica-
tion, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
has failed to fulfil its obligations under those directives;

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2. Orders

the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern

Ireland to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 7 of 10.1.2004.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Fourth Chamber)

of 5 October 2004

effect from 1 January 2003 until the date of the judgment
herein, and at the annual rate applied under the aforemen-
tioned provision of Greek legislation, subject to a limit of a
rate of 7.25 % per annum with effect from the date of the
judgment herein pending full payment of the debt;

— in respect of the amount of EUR 111 115.82, at the rate of
4.78 % per annum with effect from 15 January 2002 until
31 December 2002, at the rate of 6.78 % per annum with
effect from 1 January 2003 until the date of the judgment
herein, and at the annual rate applied under the aforemen-
tioned provision of Greek legislation, subject to a limit of a
rate of 6.78 % per annum with effect from the date of the
judgment herein pending full payment of the dept.

2. G. & E. Gianniotis EPE to pay the costs.

in Case C-524/03: Commission of the European Commu-
nities v G. & E. Gianniotis EPE (1)

(1) OJ C 59 of 6 March 2004.

(Arbitration clause — Reimbursement of amounts advanced
— Interest on late payment — Default proceedings)

(2004/C 300/49)

(Language of the case: Greek)

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Sixth Chamber)

of 7 October 2004

In Case C-524/03, application under Article 238 EC brought
on 16 December 2003 by the Commission of the European
Communities (Agent: D. Triantafyllou, assisted by N. Korogian-
nakis) against G. & E. Gianniotis EPE, trading under the name
of ‘Nosokomeio Agia Eleni’, established in Piraeus (Greece), the
Court (Fourth Chamber), composed of J.N. Cunha Rodrigues,
President of the Chamber, K. Lenaerts (Rapporteur) and K.
Schiemann, Judges; P. Léger, Advocate General; R. Grass, Regis-
trar, delivered a judgment on 5 October 2004 in which it
ordered:

1. G. & E. Gianniotis EPE to pay to the Commission of the European
Communities the amount of EUR 212 010.17 by way of prin-
cipal, plus interest thereon as follows:

— in respect of the amount of EUR 72 136.15, at the rate of
6 % per annum with effect from 30 September 2001 until
31 December 2002, at the rate of 8 % per annum with effect
from 1 January 2003 until the date of the judgment herein,
and at the annual rate applied pursuant to the Greek law, that
is to say currently Article 3(2) of Law No 2842/2000 on the
replacement of the Drachma by the Euro, subject to a limit of
a rate of 8 % per annum with effect from the date of the judg-
ment herein pending full payment of the debt;

— in respect of the amount of EUR 28 758.20, at the rate of
5.25 % per annum with effect from 30 November 2001 until
31 December 2002, at the rate of 7.25 % per annum with

in Case C-550/03: Commission of the European Commu-
nities v Hellenic Republic (1)

(Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Direc-
tives 2001/12/EC, 2001/13/EC and 2001/14/EC — Commu-
nity's railways — Development — Licensing of railway
undertakings — Allocation of railway infrastructure capacity
and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastruc-
ture and safety certification — Failure to transpose within
the prescribed period)

(2004/C 300/50)

(Language of the case: Greek)

In Case C-550/03: Commission of the European Communities
(Agents: W. Wils and G. Zavvos) v Hellenic Republic (Agent: N.
Dafniou) — action under Article 226 EC for failure to fulfil
obligations, brought on 23 December 2003 — the Court (Sixth
Chamber), composed of: J.-P. Puissochet, acting as the President
of the Sixth Chamber, S. von Bahr and U. Lõhmus (Rappor-
teur), Judges; P. Léger, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar,
has given a judgment on 7 October 2004, in which it: