CELEX: C2005/019/11
Language: en
Date: 2005-01-22 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 28 October 2004 in Case C-16/04: Commission of the European Communities v Federal Republic of Germany (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Directive 89/654/EEC — Protection of workers — Safety and health of workers in the workplace — Emergency doors, windows and skylights — Failure to transpose)

22.1.2005   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 19/6
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
   
   (Sixth Chamber)
   of 28 October 2004
   in Case C-16/04: Commission of the European Communities v Federal Republic of Germany (1)
   
   (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Directive 89/654/EEC - Protection of workers - Safety and health of workers in the workplace - Emergency doors, windows and skylights - Failure to transpose)
   (2005/C 19/11)
   Language of the case: German
   In Case C-16/04, action under Article 226 EC for failure to fulfil obligations, brought on 20 January 2004, Commission of the European Communities (Agents: H. Kreppel and D. Martin) against Federal Republic of Germany (Agents: C.-D. Quassowski and M. Lumma) – the Court (Sixth Chamber), composed of A. Borg Barthet (Rapporteur), President of the Chamber, J.-P. Puissochet and J. Malenovský, Judges; L.A. Geelhoed, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a judgment on 28 October 2004 in which it:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Declares that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary fully to comply with Council Directive 89/654/EEC of 30 November 1989 concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for the workplace (first individual directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC), the Federal Republic of Germany has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 59 of 6.3.2004.