CELEX: 62008CA0556
Language: en
Date: 2009-07-09 00:00:00
Title: Case C-556/08: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 9 July 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2005/36/EC — Recognition of professional qualifications — Failure to transpose within the period prescribed)

29.8.2009   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 205/12
            
         Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 9 July 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
   (Case C-556/08) (1)
   
   (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2005/36/EC - Recognition of professional qualifications - Failure to transpose within the period prescribed)
   2009/C 205/21
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: H. Støvlbæk and A.-A. Gilly, Agents)
   
      Defendant: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: H. Walker, Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to adopt, within the period prescribed, the provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications (OJ 2005 L 255, p. 22).
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Declares that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 63 of that directive;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 44, 21.2.2009.