CELEX: C2005/006/30
Language: en
Date: 2005-01-08 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 18 November 2004 in Case C-482/03: Commission of the European Communities v Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2001/14/EC — The Community's railways — Allocation of infrastructure capacity, the levying of charges for the use of infrastructure and safety certification — Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)

8.1.2005   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 6/16
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
   
   (Sixth Chamber)
   of 18 November 2004
   in Case C-482/03: Commission of the European Communities v Ireland (1)
   
   (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2001/14/EC - The Community's railways - Allocation of infrastructure capacity, the levying of charges for the use of infrastructure and safety certification - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)
   (2005/C 6/30)
   Language of the case: English
   In Case C-482/03: action under Article 226 EC for failure to fulfil obligations, brought on 19 November 2003, between Commission of the European Communities (Agent: W. Wils) and Ireland (Agents: D. O'Hagan and D. Moloney, BL) — the Court (Sixth Chamber), composed of: J.-P. Puissochet, acting for the President of the Sixth Chamber, S. von Bahr and U. Lõhmus (Rapporteur), Judges; L.A. Geelhoed, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a judgment on 18 November 2004, in which it:
   
               1.
            
            
               Declares that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2001/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2001 on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure and safety certification, Ireland has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Ireland to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 7 of 10.1.2004.