CELEX: C2004/314/21
Language: en
Date: 2004-12-18 00:00:00
Title: Case C-475/04: Action brought on 10 November 2004 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Hellenic Republic

18.12.2004   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 314/10
            
         Action brought on 10 November 2004 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Hellenic Republic
   (Case C-475/04)
   (2004/C 314/21)
   An action against the Hellenic Republic was brought before the Court of Justice of the European Communities on 10 November 2004 by the Commission of the European Communities, represented by Georgios Zavvos and Michael Shotter, Members of the Commission's Legal Service.
   The applicant claims that the Court should:
   
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               declare that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2002/58/EC (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications), or in any event by failing to inform the Commission thereof, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive.
            
         
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               order the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
   The period prescribed for transposing the directive into national law expired on 31 July 2003.
   
      (1)  OJ L 201 of 31.7.2002, p. 37.