CELEX: 62008CN0071
Language: en
Date: 2008-02-20 00:00:00
Title: Case C-71/08: Action brought on 20 February 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Czech Republic

12.4.2008   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 92/22
            
         Action brought on 20 February 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Czech Republic
   (Case C-71/08)
   (2008/C 92/41)
   Language of the case: Czech
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: P. Dejmek, acting as Agent)
   
      Defendant: Czech Republic
   Form of order sought
   The Commission asks the Court to:
   
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               declare that, by failing to adopt all the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on markets in financial instruments amending Council Directives 85/611/EEC and 93/6/EEC and Directive 2000/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 93/22/EEC (1), most recently amended by Directive 2006/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2006 amending Directive 2004/39/EC on markets in financial instruments, as regards certain deadlines (2), or in any event, by failing to inform the Commission thereof, the Czech Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 70 of that directive;
            
         
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               order the Czech Republic to pay the costs.
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
   The period prescribed for implementing the directive in the domestic legal order expired on 31 January 2007.
   
      (1)  OJ 2004 L 145, p. 1.
   
      (2)  OJ 2006 L 114, p. 60.