CELEX: C2004/228/24
Language: en
Date: 2004-09-11 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 15 July 2004 in Case C-141/03: Commission of the European Communities against Kingdom of Sweden (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Directive 2002/52/EC — Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)

11.9.2004   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 228/13
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
   
   (Sixth Chamber)
   of 15 July 2004
   in Case C-141/03: Commission of the European Communities against Kingdom of Sweden (1)
   
   (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Directive 2002/52/EC - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)
   (2004/C 228/24)
   Language of the case: Swedish
   In Case C-141/03 — application under Article 226 EC for a declaration of failure to act, lodged on 28 March 2003, Commission of the European Communities (Agents: J. Flett and P. Hellström) against Kingdom of Sweden (Agent: A. Kruse) — the Court (Sixth Chamber), composed of: J.-P. Puissochet, President of the Chamber, F. Macken (Rapporteur) and S. von Bahr, Judges; L.A. Geelhoed, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a judgment on 15 July 2004, the operative part of which is as follows:
   By failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Commission Directive 2000/52/EC of 26 July 2000 amending Directive 80/723/EEC on the transparency of financial relations between Member States and public undertakings, the Kingdom of Sweden has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive.
   The Kingdom of Sweden is ordered to pay the costs.
   
      (1)  OJ C 146 of 21.6.2003