CELEX: 62013CA0277
Language: en
Date: 2014-09-11 00:00:00
Title: Case C-277/13: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 11 September 2014  — European Commission v Portuguese Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 96/67/EC — Article 11 — Air transport — Groundhandling service — Selection of suppliers)

17.11.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 409/14
            
         Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 11 September 2014 — European Commission v Portuguese Republic
   (Case C-277/13) (1)
   
   ((Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 96/67/EC - Article 11 - Air transport - Groundhandling service - Selection of suppliers))
   2014/C 409/19
   Language of the case: Portuguese
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: European Commission (represented by: P. Guerra e Andrade and F.W. Bulst, acting as Agents)
   
      Defendant: Portuguese Republic (represented by: L. Inez Fernandes, T. Falcão and V. Moura Ramos, acting as Agents)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Declares that, by failing to take the necessary measures for the organisation of a procedure for the selection of suppliers authorised to provide groundhandling services for the categories of ‘baggage handling’, ‘ramp handling’ and ‘freight and mail handling’ at Lisbon, Porto and Faro airports, in accordance with Article 11 of Council Directive 96/67/EC of 15 October 1996 on access to the groundhandling market at Community airports, the Portuguese Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that article;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the Portuguese Republic to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 233, 10.8.2013.