EuGH · C-59/07 · 15.11.2007 · ECLI:EU:C:2007:683
Subject of the case Operative part Subject of the case Re: Failure of the Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure to adopt, within the prescribed period, the provisions necessary to comply with Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents (OJ 2004 L 16, p. 44). The Court: 1. Operative part Operative part Declares that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long‑term residents, the Kingdom of Spain has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive. 2. Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs.