27.3.2010
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 80/6
Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 4 February 2010 — European Commission v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
(Case C-186/09) (1)
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2004/113/EC - Equal treatment for men and women - Access to and supply of goods and services - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period as regards Gibraltar)
2010/C 80/11
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: European Commission (represented by: M. van Beek and P. Van den Wyngaert, Agents)
Defendant: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: H. Walker, Agent)
Re:
Failure of Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to take, in the prescribed period, the provisions necessary to comply with Council Directive 2004/113/EC of 13 December 2004 implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services (OJ 2004 L 373, p. 37)
Operative part of the judgment
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 2004/113/EC of 13 December 2004 implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;
2.
Orders the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to pay the costs.
(1) OJ C 180, 1.8.2009.
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