CELEX: C2004/094/74
Language: en
Date: 2004-04-17 00:00:00
Title: Case C-143/04: Action brought on 17 March 2004 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Kingdom of Belgium

17.4.2004   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 94/33
            
         Action brought on 17 March 2004 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Kingdom of Belgium
   (Case C-143/04)
   (2004/C 94/74)
   An action against the Kingdom of Belgium was brought before the Court of Justice of the European Communities on 17 March 2004 by the Commission of the European Communities, represented by K. Banks, acting as Agent, with an address for service in Luxembourg.
   The Commission of the European Communities 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 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 (1) or, in any event, by failing to communicate those provisions to the Commission, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 13 of that directive;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               order the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs of the proceedings.
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments:
   The period prescribed for transposition of that directive expired on 22 December 2002.
   
      (1)  JO L 167, du 22 juin 2001, p. 10