Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2004] All ER (D) 275 (Jun)
Court: Court of Justice of the European Communities (First Chamber)
Judge:

Judges Jann (President of Chamber), La Pergola, von Bahr, de Lapuerta and Lenaerts (Rapporteur)

Judgment Dates: 24 June 2004

Catchwords

European Communities - Community obligation - Directive - Directive not transposed into national law - Interpretation of national law.

The Case

By incompletely transposing arts6 and 9 of Council Directive (EC) 97-66 (concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the telecommunications sector), the Netherlands had failed to fulfil its obligations and breached the EC treaty.

Practice Areas

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