CELEX: C2004/284/10
Language: en
Date: 2004-11-20 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 30 September 2004 in Case C-417/03: Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Directive 2001/18/EC — Deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms — Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)

20.11.2004   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 284/5
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
   
   (Fourth Chamber)
   of 30 September 2004
   in Case C-417/03: Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium (1)
   
   (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Directive 2001/18/EC - Deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)
   (2004/C 284/10)
   Language of the case: French
   In Case C-417/03: Commission of the European Communities (Agent: B. Stromsky) v Kingdom of Belgium (Agent: E. Dominkovits) — action brought on 3 October 2003 under Article 226 EC for failure to fulfil obligations — the Court (Fourth Chamber), composed of: J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, President of the Chamber, K. Schiemann (Rapporteur) and M. Ilešič, Judges; A. Tizzano, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, gave a judgment on 30 September 2004, in which it:
   
               1.
            
            
               Declares that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 March 2001 on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms and repealing Council Directive 90/220/EEC, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;
            
         
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               Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 275 of 15.11.2003.