CELEX: C2004/300/50
Language: en
Date: 2004-12-04 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 7 October 2004 in Case C-550/03: Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic (Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Directives 2001/12/EC, 2001/13/EC and 2001/14/EC — Community's railways — Development — Licensing of railway undertakings — Allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure and safety certification — Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)

4.12.2004   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 300/24
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
   
   (Sixth Chamber)
   of 7 October 2004
   in Case C-550/03: Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic (1)
   
   (Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Directives 2001/12/EC, 2001/13/EC and 2001/14/EC - Community's railways - Development - Licensing of railway undertakings - Allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure and safety certification - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)
   (2004/C 300/50)
   Language of the case: Greek
   In Case C-550/03: Commission of the European Communities (Agents: W. Wils and G. Zavvos) v Hellenic Republic (Agent: N. Dafniou) — action under Article 226 EC for failure to fulfil obligations, brought on 23 December 2003 — the Court (Sixth Chamber), composed of: J.-P. Puissochet, acting as the President of the Sixth Chamber, S. von Bahr and U. Lõhmus (Rapporteur), Judges; P. Léger, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a judgment on 7 October 2004, in which it:
   
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               Declares that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2001/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2001 amending Council Directive 91/440/EEC on the development of the Community's railways, Directive 2001/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2001 amending Council Directive 95/18/EC on the licensing of railway undertakings, and Directive 2001/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2001 on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure and safety certification, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under those directives.
            
         
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               Orders the Hellenic Republic is ordered to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 59 of 3.2.2004.