Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 23.10.2004 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 262/11 |

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JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Sixth Chamber)

of 9 September 2004

in Case C-454/03: Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium[(1)](#ntr1-C_2004262EN.01001103-E0001)

(Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Failure to transpose Directive 98/44/EC)

(2004/C 262/23)

Language of the case: French

In Case C-454/03: Commission of the European Communities (Agents: K. Banks) v Kingdom of Belgium (Agent: E. Dominkovits) — action for failure to fulfil obligations under Article 226 EC — the Court (Sixth Chamber), composed of: J.-P. Puissochet, President of Chamber, F. Macken (Rapporteur) and S. von Bahr, Judges; F.G. Jacobs, Advocate General; R.Grass, Registrar, gave a judgment on 9 September 2004, the operative part of which is as follows:

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| 1. | By failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 1998 on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 15 of that directive. |

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| 2. | The Kingdom of Belgium is ordered to pay the costs. |

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