CELEX: C2007/297/28
Language: en
Date: 2007-12-08 00:00:00
Title: Case C-9/07: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 27 September 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v French Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2002/74/EC — Protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer — Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)

8.12.2007   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 297/18
            
         Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 27 September 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v French Republic
   (Case C-9/07) (1)
   
   (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2002/74/EC - Protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)
   (2007/C 297/28)
   Language of the case: French
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: J. Enegren and G. Rozet, acting as Agents)
   
      Defendant: French Republic (represented by: G. de Bergues and O. Christmann, acting as Agents)
   Re:
   Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to adopt within the prescribed period the provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2002/74/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2002 amending Council Directive 80/987/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer (OJ 2002 L 270, p. 10)
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Declares that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2002/74/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2002 amending Council Directive 80/987/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer, the French Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive.
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the French Republic to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 69 of 24.3.2007.