CELEX: C2004/262/13
Language: en
Date: 2004-10-23 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 9 September 2004 in Case C-417/02: Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 85/384/EEC — Recognition of architects' diplomas — Registration procedure with the Greek Technical Board (Technico Epimelitirio Elladas) — Obligation to provide a document stating that the evidence of formal qualifications concerned is covered by the system of mutual recognition)

23.10.2004   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 262/7
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
   
   (First Chamber)
   of 9 September 2004
   in Case C-417/02: Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic (1)
   
   (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 85/384/EEC - Recognition of architects' diplomas - Registration procedure with the Greek Technical Board (Technico Epimelitirio Elladas) - Obligation to provide a document stating that the evidence of formal qualifications concerned is covered by the system of mutual recognition)
   (2004/C 262/13)
   Language of the case: Greek
   In Case C-417/02: action under Article 226 EC for failure to fulfil obligations, brought on 19 November 2002, Commission of the European Communities (Agent: M. Patakia) v Hellenic Republic (Agent: E. Skandalou) — the Court (First Chamber), composed of: P. Jann, President of the Chamber, A. Rosas, S. von Bahr, K. Lenaerts and K. Schiemann (Rapporteur), Judges; J. Kokott, Advocate General; L. Hewlett, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 9 September 2004, in which it:
   
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               Declares that, by adopting and retaining in force the provisions of Article 3(1)(c) of Presidential Decree No 107/1993 of 22 March 1993, and by accepting that the Technico Epimelitirio Elladas (Greek Technical Board), with which a person must be registered in order to pursue the profession of architect in Greece, carries out, with significant delays, the processing of the files and the registration of Community nationals holding foreign diplomas which ought to be recognised under Council Directive 85/384/EEC of 10 June 1985 on the mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications in architecture, including measures to facilitate the effective exercise of the right of establishment and freedom to provide services, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;
            
         
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               Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 19 of 25.1.2003.