CELEX: 62008CA0469
Language: en
Date: 2009-07-09 00:00:00
Title: Case C-469/08: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 9 July 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2005/36/EC — Recognition of professional qualifications — Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)

29.8.2009   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 205/11
            
         Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 9 July 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium
   (Case C-469/08) (1)
   
   (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2005/36/EC - Recognition of professional qualifications - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)
   2009/C 205/19
   Language of the case: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: H. Støvlbæk and V. Peere, Agents)
   
      Defendant: Kingdom of Belgium (represented by: D. Haven, Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to have adopted or notified, within the prescribed period, all the measures necessary to comply with Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications (OJ 2005 L 255, p. 22).
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Declares that, by not adopting, within the prescribed period, all the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive.
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 6, 10.01.2009.