CELEX: C2004/217/14
Language: en
Date: 2004-08-28 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 8 July 2004 Case C-292/03: Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Finland (Member State's failure to fulfil obligations — Environment — End-of-life vehicles — Directive 2000/53/EC)

28.8.2004   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 217/8
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
   
   (Fourth Chamber)
   of 8 July 2004
   Case C-292/03: Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Finland (1)
   
   (Member State's failure to fulfil obligations - Environment - End-of-life vehicles - Directive 2000/53/EC)
   (2004/C 217/14)
   Language of the case: Finnish
   In Case C-292/03: Commission of the European Communities (Agents: M. Konstantinidis and P. Aalto) v Republic of Finland (Agent: A. Guimaraes-Purokoski) — application for a declaration that, by having failed to adopt the laws, regulations or administrative provisions necessary in order to comply with Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on end-of-life vehicles (OJ No L 269, p. 34) or, in any event, by having failed to inform the Commission thereof, the Republic of Finland has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive — the Court (Fourth Chamber), composed of: J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, President of the Chamber, F. Macken (Rapporteur) and K. Lenaerts, Judges; M. Poiares Maduro, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a judgment on 8 July 2004 in which it:
   
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               Declares that, by having failed to adopt the laws, regulations or administrative provisions necessary in order to comply with Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on end-of-life vehicles, the Republic of Finland has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive.
            
         
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               Orders the Republic of Finland to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 213 of 6.9.2003.