CELEX: C2006/096/01
Language: en
Date: 2006-04-22 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of  2 February 2006  in Case C-143/05: Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2002/84/EC — Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)

22.4.2006   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 96/1
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
   
   (Fifth Chamber)
   of 2 February 2006
   in Case C-143/05: Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium (1)
   
   (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2002/84/EC - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)
   (2006/C 96/01)
   Language of the case: Dutch
   In Case C-143/05: Commission of the European Communities (Agents: K. Simonsson and W.Wils) v Kingdom of Belgium (Agent: M. Wimmer) — action under Article 226 EC for failure to fulfil obligations, brought on 29 March 2005 — the Court (Fifth Chamber), composed of J. Makarczyk, President of the Chamber, R. Schintgen and J. Klučka (Rapporteur), Judges; C. Stix-Hackl, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, gave a judgment on 2 February 2006, in which it:
   
               1.
            
            
               Declares that, by failing to adopt, within the prescribed period, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2002/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 November 2002 amending the Directives on maritime safety and the prevention of pollution from ships, 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 143 of 11.06.2005.