Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 8 November 2007.#Commission of the European Communities v Czech Republic.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2004/33/EC - Technical requirements for blood and blood components - Failure to transpose within the period prescribed.#Case C-60/07.

Subject of the case

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure to adopt, within the period prescribed, the measures necessary to comply with Commission Directive 2004/33/EC of 22 March 2004 implementing Directive 2002/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain technical requirements for blood and blood components (OJ 1998 L 91, p. 25).

Operative part

Operative part

1. By failing to adopt, within the period prescribed, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Commission Directive 2004/33/EC of 22 March 2004 implementing Directive 2002/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain technical requirements for blood and blood components, the Czech Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive.

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