CELEX: C2005/271/15
Language: en
Date: 2005-10-29 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 8 September 2005 in Case C-278/04: Commission of the European Communities v Federal Republic of Germany (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directives 2001/88/EC and 2001/93/EC — Animal health — Protection of pigs — Failure to transpose)

29.10.2005   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 271/8
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
   
   (Fourth Chamber)
   of 8 September 2005
   in Case C-278/04: Commission of the European Communities v Federal Republic of Germany (1)
   
   (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directives 2001/88/EC and 2001/93/EC - Animal health - Protection of pigs - Failure to transpose)
   (2005/C 271/15)
   Language of the case: German
   In Case C-278/04 Commission of the European Communities (Agents: G. Braun and A. Bordes) v Federal Republic of Germany (Agent: A. Tiemann) — action under Article 226 EC for failure to fulfil obligations, brought on 29 June 2004 — the Court (Fourth Chamber), composed of K. Lenaerts, President of the Chamber, M. Ilešič and E. Levits (Rapporteur), Judges; M. Poiares Maduro, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, gave a judgment on 8 September 2005, in which it:
   
               1.
            
            
               Declares that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Council Directive 2001/88/EC of 23 October 2001 and Commission Directive 2001/93/EC of 9 November 2001 amending Directive 91/630/EEC laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs, the Federal Republic of Germany has failed to fulfil its obligations under those directives;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 228 of 11.9.2004.