Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 19 April 2007 – Commission v Spain
(Case C‑141/06)
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Directive 2002/65/EC – Financial services – Distance marketing – 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. 7)
Re:
| Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure to adopt, within the period prescribed, as regards financial services other than private insurance, the provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2002 concerning the distance marketing of consumer financial services and amending Council Directive 90/619/EEC and Directives 97/7/EC and 98/27/EC (OJ 2002 L 271, p. 16). |
Operative part
The Court:
1. |
| Declares that, by failing to adopt, as regards financial services other than private insurance, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2002 concerning the distance marketing of consumer financial services and amending Council Directive 90/619/EEC and Directives 97/7/EC and 98/27/EC, the Kingdom of Spain has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive; |
2. |
| Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs. |