Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 8 February 2007.#Commission of the European Communities v Slovak Republic.#Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Directive 96/48/EC - Trans-European networks - Interoperability of the trans-European high-speed rail system - Failure to transpose.#Case C-114/06.

Subject of the case

Re:

Failure to fulfil obligations – Failure to transpose within the prescribed period Council Directive 96/48/EC of 23 July 1996 on the interoperability of the trans‑European high-speed rail system (OJ 1996 L 235, p. 6).

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Declares that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Council Directive 96/48/EC of 23 July 1996 on the interoperability of the trans-European high-speed rail system, the Slovak Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;

2. Orders the Slovak Republic to pay the costs.