CELEX: C2004/085/40
Language: en
Date: 2004-04-03 00:00:00
Title: Case C-87/04: Action brought on 23 February 2004 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Kingdom of Belgium

3.4.2004              EN                     Official Journal of the European Union                                        C 85/21
Pleas in law and main arguments                                      Communities, represented by E. Traversa and P. Léouffre,
                                                                     acting as Agents, with an address for service in Luxembourg.
The period within which the directive had to be transposed
expired on 20 April 2003.                                            The Commission of the European Communities claims that
                                                                     the Court should:
(1) OJ L 110 of 20.4.2001, p. 28.                                    1.    declare that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations
                                                                           and administrative provisions necessary to comply with
                                                                           Directive 2001/17/EC of the European Parliament and of
                                                                           the Council of 19 March 2001 on the reorganisation and
                                                                           winding-up of insurance undertakings (1), and, in any
                                                                           event, by failing to forward those provisions to the
Action brought on 23 February 2004 by the Commission                       Commission, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil
of the European Communities against the Kingdom of                         its obligations under that directive;
                             Belgium
                                                                     2.    order the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs.
                        (Case C-87/04)
                        (2004/C 85/40)                               Pleas in law and main arguments
                                                                     The period for transposition of the directive expired on
An action against the Kingdom of Belgium was brought                 20 April 2003.
before the Court of Justice of the European Communities on
23 February 2004 by the Commission of the European                   (1) OJ L 110 of 20.4.2001, p. 28.