CELEX: 62008CA0549
Language: en
Date: 2009-10-01 00:00:00
Title: Case C-549/08: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 1 October 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2006/70/EC — Money laundering and terrorist financing — Failure to transpose within the period prescribed)

21.11.2009   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 282/14
            
         Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 1 October 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Ireland
   (Case C-549/08) (1)
   
   (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2006/70/EC - Money laundering and terrorist financing - Failure to transpose within the period prescribed)
   2009/C 282/26
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: P. Dejmek and A.-A. Gilly, Agents)
   
      Defendant: Ireland (represented by: D. O’Hagan, Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to have adopted, within the prescribed period, the measures necessary to comply with Commission Directive 2006/70/EC of 1 August 2006 laying down implementing measures for Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the definition of politically exposed person and the technical criteria for simplified customer due diligence procedures and for exemption on grounds of a financial activity conducted on an occasional or very limited basis (OJ 2008 L 214, p. 29)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Declares that, by failing to adopt all the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Commission Directive 2006/70/EC of 1 August 2006 laying down implementing measures for Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the definition of ‘politically exposed person’ and the technical criteria for simplified customer due diligence procedures and for exemption on grounds of a financial activity conducted on an occasional or very limited basis, Ireland has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Ireland to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 55, 07.03.2009.