CELEX: C2005/093/36
Language: en
Date: 2005-04-16 00:00:00
Title: Case C-88/05: Action brought on 18 February 2005 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Republic of Finland

16.4.2005   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 93/19
            
         Action brought on 18 February 2005 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Republic of Finland
   (Case C-88/05)
   (2005/C 93/36)
   Language of the case: Finnish
   An action against the Republic of Finland was brought before the Court of Justice of the European Communities on 18 February 2005 by the Commission of the European Communities, represented by M. Huttunen and K. Simonsson, acting as Agents, with an address for service in Luxembourg.
   The Commission claims that the Court should:
   
               1.
            
            
               declare that, by failing to bring into force all the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2002 (1) establishing a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system and repealing Council Directive 93/75/EEC, or at least by failing to communicate them to the Commission, the Republic of Finland has failed to comply with its obligations under the directive;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               order the Republic of Finland to pay the costs.
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
   The period prescribed for implementation of the directive expired on 5 February 2004.
   
      (1)  OJ L 208 of 5.8.2002, p. 10.