Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 27 September 2007.#Commission of the European Communities v Portuguese Republic.#Failure of Member State to fulfil obligations -Directive 2004/28/EC - Veterinary medicinal products - Non-transposition within the prescribed period.#Case C-35/07.

Subject of the case

Re:

Failure of Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure to take within the prescribed period all the measures necessary to comply with Directive 2004/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 amending Directive 2001/82/EC on the Community code relating to veterinary medicinal products (OJ 2004 L 136, p. 58).

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Declares that by not having adopted the legislative, regulatory and administrative measures necessary to comply with Directive 2004/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 amending Directive 2001/82/EC on the Community code relating to veterinary medicinal products, the Portuguese Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;

2. Orders the Portuguese Republic to pay the costs.