CELEX: C2004/094/40
Language: en
Date: 2004-04-17 00:00:00
Title: Case C-49/04: Action brought on 9 February 2004 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Kingdom of the Netherlands

17.4.2004   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 94/19
            
         Action brought on 9 February 2004 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Kingdom of the Netherlands
   (Case C-49/04)
   (2004/C 94/40)
   An action against the Kingdom of the Netherlands was brought before the Court of Justice of the European Communities on 9 February 2004 by the Commission of the European Communities, represented by Karen Banks and Wouter Wils, acting as Agents.
   The applicant claims that the Court should:
   
               1.
            
            
               declare that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2001/29/EC (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society, or, in any event, by failing to forward those provisions to the Commission, the Kingdom of the Netherlands has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;
            
         
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               order the Kingdom of the Netherlands to pay the costs.
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments:
   The period within which the directive had to be transposed expired on 22 December 2002.
   
      (1)  OJ 2001 L 167 of 22.6.2001, p. 10.