CELEX: C2007/140/27
Language: en
Date: 2007-06-23 00:00:00
Title: Case C-223/07: Action brought on 3 May 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Sweden

23.6.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 140/17
            
         Action brought on 3 May 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Sweden
   (Case C-223/07)
   (2007/C 140/27)
   Language of the case: Swedish
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: N. Yerrell and P. Dejmek, acting as Agents)
   
      Defendant: Kingdom of Sweden
   Form of order sought
   
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               A declaration that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2004/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on safety on the Community's railways and amending Council Directive 95/18/EC on the licensing of railway undertakings and Directive 2001/14/EC on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure and safety certification (Railway Safety Directive) (1) and Directive 2004/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 amending Council Directive 96/48/EC on the interoperability of the trans-European high-speed rail system and Directive 2001/16/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the interoperability of the trans-European conventional rail system (2) or, in any event, by failing to communicate them to the Commission, the Kingdom of Sweden has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive
            
         
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               An order that the Kingdom of Sweden should pay the costs.
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
   The period prescribed for transposition of the Directive expired on 30 April 2006.
   
      (1)  OJ 2004 L 164, p. 44.
   
      (2)  OJ 2004 L 164, p. 114.