Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 March 2011.#European Commission v Republic of Poland.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2004/113/EC - Social policy - Equal treatment between men and women - Access to and supply of goods and services - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period.#Case C-326/09.

Subject of the case

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure to adopt or communicate, within the prescribed period, the provisions necessary to comply with Council Directive 2004/113/EC of 13 December 2004 implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services (OJ 2004 L 373, p. 37)

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Declares that, by failing to adopt, within the prescribed period, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Council Directive 2004/113/EC of 13 December 2004 implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services, the Republic of Poland failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;

2. Orders the Republic of Poland to pay the costs.