CELEX: C2005/057/25
Language: en
Date: 2005-03-05 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 20 January 2005 in Case C-198/04: Commission of the European Communities v French Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directives 89/48/EEC and 92/51/EEC — Recognition of diplomas — Regulated professions — Tour guide)

5.3.2005   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 57/13
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
   
   (Fifth Chamber)
   of 20 January 2005
   in Case C-198/04: Commission of the European Communities v French Republic (1)
   
   (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directives 89/48/EEC and 92/51/EEC - Recognition of diplomas - Regulated professions - Tour guide)
   (2005/C 57/25)
   Language of the case: French
   In Case C-198/04: Commission of the European Communities (Agents: M. Patakia and H. Stovlbaek) v French Republic (Agents: G. de Bergues, C. Isidoro and O. Christmann) – ACTION under Article 226 EC for failure to fulfil obligations, brought on 4 May 2004 – the Court (Fifth Chamber), composed of: R. Silva de Lapuerta, President of Chamber, J. Makarczyk and P. Kūris (Rapporteur), Judges; D. Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, gave a judgment on 20 January 2005, in which it:
   
               1.
            
            
               Declares that, by failing to take all the measures necessary to comply with Council Directive 89/48/EEC of 21 December 1988 on a general system for the recognition of higher-education diplomas awarded on completion of professional education and training of at least three years' duration and, by failing to adopt all the laws, regulations and administrative measures necessary to comply with Council Directive 92/51/EEC of 18 June 1992 on a second general system for the recognition of professional education and training to supplement Directive 89/48, as regards tour guides, the French Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under those directives;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the French Republic to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 168, 26.06.2004.