CELEX: 62008CN0500
Language: en
Date: 2008-11-19 00:00:00
Title: Case C-500/08: Action brought on 19 November 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic

10.1.2009   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 6/16
            
         Action brought on 19 November 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic
   (Case C-500/08)
   (2009/C 6/27)
   Language of the case: Italian
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: F. Erlbacher and E. Vesco, acting as Agents)
   
      Defendant: Italian Republic
   Form of order sought
   
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               Declare that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Council Directive 2005/94/EC of 20 December 2005 on Community measures for the control of avian influenza and repealing Directive 92/40/EEC (1), the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive.
            
         
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               order the Italian Republic to pay the costs.
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
   The period prescribed for transposing Directive 2005/94/EC into national law expired on 1 July 2007.
   
      (1)  OJ 2005 L 10, p. 16.