CELEX: 62006CJ0317
Language: en
Date: 2007-07-05 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 5 July 2007. # Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain. # Failure of Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2002/14/EC - Informing and consulting employees in the European Community - Failure to transpose within the period prescribed. # Case C-317/06.

Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 5 July 2007 – Commission v Spain
      (Case C‑317/06)
      Failure of Member State to fulfil obligations – Directive 2002/14/EC – Informing and consulting employees in the European Community – Failure to transpose within the period prescribed
      Actions for failure to fulfil obligations – Examination of merits by the Court – Situation to be taken into consideration – Situation on expiry of the period laid down in the reasoned opinion (Art. 226 EC) (see para. 6)
      Re: 
      
         Failure of Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure to take, within the period prescribed the measures necessary to comply
                  with Directive 2002/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2002 establishing a general framework
                  for informing and consulting employees in the European Community – Joint declaration of the European Parliament, the Council
                  and the Commission on employee representation (OJ 2002 L 80, p. 29).
               
            Operative part
      The Court: 
      
         
                   
               
               
                  
               
               
                  Declares that, by not having adopted, within the period prescribed, the laws, regulations and administrative measures necessary
                     to comply with Directive 2002/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2002 establishing a general
                     framework for informing and consulting employees in the European Community, the Kingdom of Spain has failed to fulfil its
                     obligations under that directive.
                  
               
            
         
                   
               
               
                  
               
               
                  Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs.