Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 28 September 2006 – Commission v Luxembourg
(Case C-49/06)
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Directive 1999/37/EC – Registration documents for vehicles – Failure to transpose within the prescribed period
Actions for failure to fulfil obligations – Examination of merits by the Court – Situation to be taken into consideration – Situation on expiry of the period laid down in the reasoned opinion (Art. 226 EC) (see para. 6)
Re:
| Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure to adopt, within the period prescribed, the provisions necessary to comply with Council Directive 1999/37/EC of 29 April 1999 on the registration documents for vehicles (OJ 1999 L 138, p. 57). |
Operative part
The Court:
1. |
| Declares that, by failing to adopt, within the prescribed period, all the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Council Directive 1999/37/EC of 29 April 1999 on the registration documents for vehicles, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive; |
2. |
| Orders the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to pay the costs. |