CELEX: C2005/315/12
Language: en
Date: 2005-12-10 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of  20 October 2005  in Case C-505/04: Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2001/19/EC — Mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other qualifications — Nurse, dental practitioner, veterinary surgeon, midwife, architect, pharmacist and doctor — Failure to transpose within the period prescribed — Gibraltar)

10.12.2005   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 315/7
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
   
   (Sixth Chamber)
   of 20 October 2005
   in Case C-505/04: Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1)
   
   (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2001/19/EC - Mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other qualifications - Nurse, dental practitioner, veterinary surgeon, midwife, architect, pharmacist and doctor - Failure to transpose within the period prescribed - Gibraltar)
   (2005/C 315/12)
   Language of the case: English
   In Case C-505/04, Commission of the European Communities (Agent: H. Støvlbæk) v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Agent: S. Nwaokolo) — action under Article 226 EC for failure to fulfil obligations, brought on 8 December 2004 — the Court (Sixth Chamber), composed of J.-P. Puissochet, acting for the President of the Sixth Chamber, President of the Chamber, S. von Bahr and A. Borg Barthet (Rapporteur), Judges; A. Tizzano, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a judgment on 20 October 2005, in which it:
   
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               Declares that, by failing to adopt, so far as Gibraltar is concerned, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2001/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2001 amending Council Directives 89/48/EEC and 92/51/EEC on the general system for the recognition of professional qualifications and Council Directives 77/452/EEC, 77/453/EEC, 78/686/EEC, 78/687/EEC, 78/1026/EEC, 78/1027/EEC, 80/154/EEC, 80/155/EEC, 85/384/EEC, 85/432/EEC, 85/433/EEC and 93/16/EEC concerning the professions of nurse responsible for general care, dental practitioner, veterinary surgeon, midwife, architect, pharmacist and doctor, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;
            
         
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               Orders the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 31, 05.02.2005.