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Document C2004/228/21
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 July 2004 in Case C-118/03: Commission of the European Communities against Federal Republic of Germany (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Failure to transpose Directive 2000/37/EC)
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 July 2004 in Case C-118/03: Commission of the European Communities against Federal Republic of Germany (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Failure to transpose Directive 2000/37/EC)
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 July 2004 in Case C-118/03: Commission of the European Communities against Federal Republic of Germany (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Failure to transpose Directive 2000/37/EC)
OJ C 228, 11.9.2004, p. 11–12
(ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)
11.9.2004 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 228/11 |
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(First Chamber)
of 15 July 2004
in Case C-118/03: Commission of the European Communities against Federal Republic of Germany (1)
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Failure to transpose Directive 2000/37/EC)
(2004/C 228/21)
Language of the case: German
In Case C-118/03: Commission of the European Communities (Agents: U. Wölker and H. Støvlbæk) against Federal Republic of Germany (Agent: A. Tiemann) — application for a declaration that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Commission Directive 2000/37/EC of 5 June 2000 amending Chapter VIa ‘Pharmacovigilance’ of Council Directive 81/851/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to veterinary medicinal products (OJ 2000 L 139, p. 25), or by failing to inform the Commission thereof, the Federal Republic of Germany has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive — the Court (First Chamber), composed of: P. Jann (Rapporteur), President of the Chamber, J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, K. Lenaerts, E. Juhász and M. Ilešič, Judges; A. Tizzano, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a judgment on 15 July 2004, the operative part of which is as follows:
1. |
By failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Commission Directive 2000/37/EC of 5 June 2000 amending Chapter VIa ‘Pharmacovigilance’ of Council Directive 81/851/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to veterinary medicinal products, the Federal Republic of Germany has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive. |
2. |
The Federal Republic of Germany is ordered to pay the costs. |