Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 29 March 2007.

Data

Court: Court of Justice

Case date: 29 maart 2007

Uitspraak

Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 29 March 2007 – Commission v Belgium

(Case C‑320/06)

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Directive 2002/14/EC – Establishment of a general framework for informing and consulting employees in the European Community – Failure to implement within the period prescribed

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, all the measures necessary to comply with Directive 2002/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2002 establishing a general framework for informing and consulting employees in the European Community – Joint declaration of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on employee representation (OJ 2002 L 80, p. 29).

Operative part

By failing, within the period prescribed, to adopt all the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2002/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2002 establishing a general framework for informing and consulting employees in the European Community, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive.

The Kingdom of Belgium is ordered to pay the costs.