CELEX: 62007CA0331
Language: en
Date: 2009-04-23 00:00:00
Title: Case C-331/07: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 23 April 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Animal feed and food law — Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 — Shortage of staff assigned to the services responsible for veterinary controls)

20.6.2009   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 141/5
            
         Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 23 April 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic
   (Case C-331/07) (1)
   
   (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Animal feed and food law - Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 - Shortage of staff assigned to the services responsible for veterinary controls)
   2009/C 141/08
   Language of the case: Greek
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: H. Tserepa-Lacombe and F. Erlbacher, Agents)
   
      Defendant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: S. Charitaki and I. Chalkias, Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Infringement of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (OJ 2004 L 165, p. 1) — Shortage of staff assigned to the services responsible for veterinary controls
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Declares that, by not having adopted all the measures necessary to remedy the shortage of staff assigned to the services responsible for veterinary controls in Greece, the Hellenic Republic has failure to fulfil its obligations under Article 4(2)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 247, 20.10.2007.