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Document 62019CA0767

Case C-767/19: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 3 December 2020 — European Commission v Kingdom of Belgium (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directives 2009/72/EC and 2009/73/EC — Internal market in electricity and natural gas — Effective separation between the operation of electricity and gas transmission networks on the one hand, and supply and production activities on the other — Establishment of independent national regulatory authorities)

OJ C 35, 1.2.2021, p. 16–17 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

1.2.2021   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 35/16

Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 3 December 2020 — European Commission v Kingdom of Belgium

(Case C-767/19) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directives 2009/72/EC and 2009/73/EC - Internal market in electricity and natural gas - Effective separation between the operation of electricity and gas transmission networks on the one hand, and supply and production activities on the other - Establishment of independent national regulatory authorities)

(2021/C 35/21)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: European Commission (represented by: O. Beynet and Y. G. Marinova, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Kingdom of Belgium (represented by: L. Van den Broeck, M. Jacobs and C. Pochet, acting as Agents, and by G. Block, avocat)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Declares that the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under Directive 2009/72/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity and repealing Directive 2003/54/EC, and Directive 2009/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas and repealing Directive 2003/55/EC, by failing to correctly transpose:

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Article 9(1)(a) of both Directive 2009/72 and Directive 2009/73;

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Article 37(4)(a) and (b) of Directive 2009/72 and Article 41(4)(a) and (b) of Directive 2009/73, and

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Article 37(6)(a) to (c) and Article 37(9) of Directive 2009/72 and Article 41(6)(a) to (c) and Article 41(9) of Directive 2009/73.

2.

Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs.

(1)  OJ C 10, 13.1.2020.

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