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Document C2004/300/24
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 14 October 2004 in Case C-340/02: Commission of the European Communities v French Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 92/50/EEC — Procedure for the award of public service contracts — Assistance to the maître d'ouvrage for a sewage treatment plant — Award to the successful candidate in an earlier design contest without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEC)
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 14 October 2004 in Case C-340/02: Commission of the European Communities v French Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 92/50/EEC — Procedure for the award of public service contracts — Assistance to the maître d'ouvrage for a sewage treatment plant — Award to the successful candidate in an earlier design contest without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEC)
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 14 October 2004 in Case C-340/02: Commission of the European Communities v French Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 92/50/EEC — Procedure for the award of public service contracts — Assistance to the maître d'ouvrage for a sewage treatment plant — Award to the successful candidate in an earlier design contest without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEC)
ĠU C 300, 4.12.2004, p. 12–13
(ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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4.12.2004 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 300/12 |
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(First Chamber)
of 14 October 2004
in Case C-340/02: Commission of the European Communities v French Republic (1)
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 92/50/EEC - Procedure for the award of public service contracts - Assistance to the maître d'ouvrage for a sewage treatment plant - Award to the successful candidate in an earlier design contest without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEC)
(2004/C 300/24)
Language of the case: French
In Case C-340/02: action under Article 226 EC for failure to fulfil obligations, brought on 24 September 2002, between Commission of the European Communities (Agent: M. Nolin) and French Republic (Agents: G. de Bergues, S. Pailler and D. Petrausch) — the Court (First Chamber), composed of: P. Jann, President of the Chamber, S. von Bahr and K. Schiemann (Rapporteur), Judges; L.A. Geelhoed, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a judgment on 14 October 2004, in which it:
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Declares that, by virtue of the award by the Communauté urbaine du Mans of a study contract for assistance to the maître d'ouvrage in respect of the Chauvinière sewage treatment plant, without publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Communities, the French Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Council Directive 92/50/EEC of 18 June 1992 relating to the coordination of procedures for the award of public service contracts, and in particular Article 15(2) thereof; |
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Orders the French Republic to pay the costs. |