Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 27 September 2007.#Commission of the European Communities v Portuguese Republic.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2003/110/EC - Assistance in cases of transit for the purposes of removal by air - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period.#Case C-4/07.

Subject of the case

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure to adopt, within the prescribed period, the provisions necessary to comply with Council Directive 2003/110/EC on assistance in cases of transit for the purposes of removal by air (OJ 2003 L 321, p. 26).

Operative part

Operative part

1. By failing to adopt, within the prescribed period, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Council Directive 2003/110/EC on assistance in cases of transit for the purposes of removal by air, the Portuguese Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 10(1) of that directive;

2. The Portuguese Republic is ordered to pay the costs.