CELEX: C2005/006/56
Language: en
Date: 2005-01-08 00:00:00
Title: Case C-462/04: Action brought on 25 October 2004 by Commission of the European Communities against Italian Republic

8.1.2005   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 6/30
            
         Action brought on 25 October 2004 by Commission of the European Communities against Italian Republic
   (Case C-462/04)
   (2005/C 6/56)
   Language of the case: Italian
   An action against the Italian Republic was brought before the Court of Justice of the European Communities on 25 October 2004 by the Commission of the European Communities, represented by Eugenio de March and Carmel O'Reilly, acting as Agents.
   The applicant claims that the Court should:
   
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               Declare that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions needed to comply with Council Directive 2001/40/EC (1) of 28 May 2001 on the mutual recognition of decisions on the expulsion of third country nationals, and by failing in any event to give the Commission notice thereof, the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 17 of that directive;
            
         
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               Order the Italian Republic to pay the costs.
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
   The period prescribed for transposition expired on 2 December 2002.
   
      (1)  OJ L 149 of 2.6.2001, p. 34.