CELEX: C2005/171/10
Language: en
Date: 2005-07-09 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 4 May 2005 in Case C-335/04: Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Austria (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2000/43/EC — Failure to transpose within the period prescribed)

9.7.2005   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 171/5
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
   
   (Fifth Chamber)
   of 4 May 2005
   in Case C-335/04: Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Austria (1)
   
   (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2000/43/EC - Failure to transpose within the period prescribed)
   (2005/C 171/10)
   Language of the case: German
   In Case C-335/04, Commission of the European Communities (Agents: D. Martin and H. Kreppel) v Republic of Austria (Agent: E. Riedl) — action for failure to fulfil obligations brought pursuant to Article 226 EC on 30 July 2004 — the Court (Fifth Chamber), composed of R. Silva de Lapuerta, President of the Chamber, P. Kūris and J. Klučka (Rapporteur), Judges; P. Léger, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, gave a judgment on 4 May 2005, in which it:
   
               1.
            
            
               Declares that, by failing to adopt, within the period prescribed, all the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin, the Republic of Austria has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive.
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the Republic of Austria to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 239 of 25.09.2004.