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Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 23 April 2009. # Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain. # Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2005/29/EC - Unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period. # Case C-321/08.
Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 23 April 2009.
Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain.
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2005/29/EC - Unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period.
Case C-321/08.
Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 23 April 2009.
Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain.
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2005/29/EC - Unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period.
Case C-321/08.
European Court Reports 2009 I-00063*
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2009:265
Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 23 April 2009 – Commission v Spain
(Case C‑321/08)
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Directive 2005/29/EC – Unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market – Failure to transpose within the prescribed period
1. Member States – Obligations – Implementation of directives – Failure to fulfil obligations – National system pleaded as justification – Not permissible (Art. 226 EC) (see para. 9)
2. Actions for failure to fulfil obligations – Examination of the merits by the Court – Situation to be taken into consideration – Situation on expiry of the period laid down in the reasoned opinion (Art. 226 EC) (see para. 10)
Re:
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure to adopt, within the prescribed period, the measures necessary to comply with Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market and amending Council Directive 84/450/EEC, Directives 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (‘Unfair Commercial Practices Directive’) (OJ 2005 L 149, p. 22). |
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 Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market and amending Council Directive 84/450/EEC, Directives 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (‘Unfair Commercial Practices Directive’), the Kingdom of Spain has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive; |
2. |
Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs. |