CELEX: 62010CA0391
Language: en
Date: 2011-02-03 00:00:00
Title: Case C-391/10: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 3 February 2011 — European Commission v Kingdom of Belgium (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2007/36/EC — Exercise of certain rights of shareholders in listed companies — Failure to transpose completely within the prescribed period)

2.4.2011   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 103/10
            
         Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 3 February 2011 — European Commission v Kingdom of Belgium
   (Case C-391/10) (1)
   
   (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2007/36/EC - Exercise of certain rights of shareholders in listed companies - Failure to transpose completely within the prescribed period)
   2011/C 103/16
   Language of the case: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: European Commission (represented by: G. Braun and L. de Schietere de Lophem, Agents)
   
      Defendant: Kingdom of Belgium (represented by: M. Jacobs and J.-C. Halleux, Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to take or to communicate within the prescribed period the measures necessary to comply with Directive 2007/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 on the exercise of certain rights of shareholders in listed companies (OJ 2007 L 184, p. 17)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Declares that, by failing to adopt, within the prescribed period, all the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2007/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 on the exercise of certain rights of shareholders in listed companies, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 274 of 9.10.2010.