CELEX: C2004/007/44
Language: en
Date: 2004-01-10 00:00:00
Title: Case C-479/03: Action brought on 18 November 2003 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

C 7/26                 EN                       Official Journal of the European Union                                        10.1.2004
The Commission claims that the Court should:                            Pleas in law and main arguments
—     declare that, by failing to adopt or, in any event, to
      notify to the Commission the laws, regulations and                The period prescribed for the transposition of the directive
      administrative provisions necessary to comply with Direc-         expired on 8 August 2002.
      tive 2000/9/EC (1) of the European Parliament and of
      the Council of 20 March 2000 relating to cableway
                                                                        (1) OJ 2000 L 200, p. 35.
      installations designed to carry persons, the Hellenic
      Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that
      directive;
—     order the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.
                                                                        Action brought on 19 November 2003 by the Com-
Pleas in law and main arguments                                         mission of the European Communities against the Grand
                                                                                             Duchy of Luxembourg
The time-limit for transposition of the directive into national                                  (Case C-481/03)
law expired on 3 May 2002.
                                                                                                  (2004/C 7/45)
(1 ) OJ L 106, 3.5.2000, p. 21.
                                                                        An action against the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg was
                                                                        brought before the Court of Justice of the European Communi-
                                                                        ties on 19 November 2003 by the Commission of the
                                                                        European Communities, represented by W. Wils, acting as
                                                                        Agent, with an address for service in Luxembourg.
Action brought on 18 November 2003 by the Com-
mission of the European Communities against the Grand                   The Commission of the European Communities claims that
                     Duchy of Luxembourg                                the Court should:
                                                                        1.    declare that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations
                         (Case C-479/03)                                      and administrative provisions necessary to comply with
                                                                              Directive 2001/12/EC of the European Parliament and of
                           (2004/C 7/44)                                      the Council of 26 February 2001 amending Council
                                                                              Directive 91/440/EEC on the development of the Com-
                                                                              munity’s railways (1) and Directive 2001/13/EC of the
                                                                              European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February
                                                                              2001 amending Council Directive 95/18/EC on the
An action against the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg was                           licensing of railway undertakings (2) and, in any event, by
brought before the Court of Justice of the European Communi-                  failing to inform the Commission thereof, the Grand
ties on 18 November 2003 by the Commission of the                             Duchy of Luxembourg has failed to fulfil its obligations
European Communities, represented by M. Patakia, acting as                    under those directives;
Agent, with an address for service in Luxembourg.
                                                                        2.    order the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to pay the costs.
The Commission of the European Communities claims that
the Court should:
                                                                        Pleas in law and principal arguments
1.    declare that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations
      and administrative provisions necessary to comply with
      Directive 2000/35/EC of the European Parliament and of            The period prescribed for the transposition of those directives
      the Council of 29 June 2000 on combating late payment             expired on 15 March 2003.
      in commercial transactions (1) and, in any event, by failing
      to inform the Commission thereof, the Grand Duchy of
      Luxembourg has failed to fulfil its obligations under that        (1) OJ L 75, 15.3.2001, p. 1.
      directive;                                                        (2) OJ L 75, 15.3.2001, p. 26.
2.    order the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to pay the costs.