Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 9 December 2010.#European Commission v Kingdom of Spain.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2002/73/EC - Equal treatment for men and women - Access to employment, vocational training and promotion - Working conditions - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period.#Case C-340/09.

Subject of the case

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Infringement of Article 4(2), (3), (4) and (5) of Council Directive 1999/22/EC of 29 March 1999 relating to the keeping of wild animals in zoos (OJ 1999 L 94, p. 24).

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Declares that, by failing to take, within the period prescribed, all the measures necessary with respect to the zoos that are the subject of the present action in the Autonomous Communities of Aragon, Asturias, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and Leon, Valencia, Extremadura and Galicia concerning the inspection, licensing and, if appropriate, the closure of those establishments in accordance with Article 4(2) to (5) of Council Directive 1999/22/EC of 29 March 1999 relating to the keeping of wild animals in zoos, the Kingdom of Spain has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;

2. Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs.