CELEX: C2005/006/27
Language: en
Date: 2005-01-08 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 28 October 2004 in Case C-421/03 Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Austria (Failure to fulfil obligations — Directive 2001/18/EC — Deliberate release of genetically modified organisms into the environment — Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)

8.1.2005   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 6/15
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
   
   (Fourth Chamber)
   of 28 October 2004
   in Case C-421/03 Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Austria (1)
   
   (Failure to fulfil obligations - Directive 2001/18/EC - Deliberate release of genetically modified organisms into the environment - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)
   (2005/C 6/27)
   Language of the case: German
   In Case C-421/03 Commission of the European Communities (Agent: U. Wölker) v Republic of Austria (Agent: E. Riedl) – action under Article 226 EC for failure to fulfil obligations, brought on the 3 October 2003 – the Court (Fourth Chamber), composed of: N. Colneric, acting for the President, J.N. Cunha Rodrigues and E. Levits (Rapporteur), Judges; J. Kokott, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, gave a judgment on 28 October 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 Republic of Austria has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;
            
         
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               Orders the Republic of Austria to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 275 of 15.11.2003.