CELEX: 62013CA0351
Language: en
Date: 2014-09-04 00:00:00
Title: Case C-351/13: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 4 September 2014 — European Commission v Hellenic Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 1999/74/EC — Articles 3 and 5(2) — Rearing of laying hens — Unenriched cages — Prohibition — Rearing of laying hens in cages which do not comply with the requirements of that directive)

10.11.2014   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 395/18
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 4 September 2014 — European Commission v Hellenic Republic
      (Case C-351/13) (1)
      
      ((Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 1999/74/EC - Articles 3 and 5(2) - Rearing of laying hens - Unenriched cages - Prohibition - Rearing of laying hens in cages which do not comply with the requirements of that directive))
      (2014/C 395/22)
      Language of the case: Greek
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: European Commission (represented by: A. Markoulli and B. Schima, acting as Agents)
      
         Defendant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: I.-K. Chalkias, E. Leftheriotou and M. Tassopoulou, Agents)
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1)
               
               
                  declares that, by failing to ensure that from 1 January 2012 laying hens are no longer reared in unenriched cage systems, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 3 and Article 5(2) of Council Directive 1999/74/EC of 19 July 1999 laying down minimum standards for the protection of laying hens;
               
            
                  2)
               
               
                  orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 260, 7.9.2013.