CELEX: C2005/217/09
Language: en
Date: 2005-09-03 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 14 July 2005 in Case C-135/03 Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Community rules on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs — National legislation authorising the use of the term ‘bio’ in respect of products which have not been organically produced)

3.9.2005   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 217/5
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
   
   (First Chamber)
   of 14 July 2005
   in Case C-135/03 Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain (1)
   
   (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Community rules on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs - National legislation authorising the use of the term ‘bio’ in respect of products which have not been organically produced)
   (2005/C 217/09)
   Language of the case: Spanish
   In Case C-135/03 Commission of the European Communities (Agents: G. Berscheid, B. Doherty, F. Jimeno Fernandez and S. Pardo Quintillán) v Kingdom of Spain (Agents: N. Díaz Abad and E. Braquehais Conesa) — action under Article 226 EC for failure to fulfil obligations, brought on 26 March 2003 — the Court (First Chamber), composed of P. Jann (Rapporteur), President of the Chamber, K. Lenaerts, J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, M. Ilešič and E. Levits, Judges; J. Kokott, Advocate General; M. Ferreira, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 14 July 2005, in which it:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the Commission of the European Communities to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 146 of 21.06.2003.