CELEX: C2005/143/35
Language: en
Date: 2005-06-11 00:00:00
Title: Case C-144/05: Action brought on 30 March 2005 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Kingdom of Belgium

11.6.2005   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 143/24
            
         Action brought on 30 March 2005 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Kingdom of Belgium
   (Case C-144/05)
   (2005/C 143/35)
   Language of the case: Dutch
   An action against the Kingdom of Belgium was brought before the Court of Justice of the European Communities on 30 March 2005 by the Commission of the European Communities, represented by K. Simonsson and W. Wils, of its Legal Service.
   The Commission claims that the Court should:
   
               1.
            
            
               declare that by not taking all necessary legal and administrative measures to comply with Directive 2002/59/EC (1)of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2002 establishing a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system and repealing Council Directive 93/75/EEC, or by not notifying the Commission of such measures, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;
            
         
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               order the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs.
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
   The period for implementing the directive in national law expired on 5 February 2004.
   
      (1)  OJ 2002 L 208, p. 10