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Document 61996CJ0205
Summary of the Judgment
Summary of the Judgment
Member States - Obligations - Implementation of directives - Failure to fulfil obligations - Justification - Not permissible
(EC Treaty, Art. 169)
A Member State may not plead provisions, practices or circumstances existing in its internal legal system in order to justify a failure to comply with the obligations and time-limits laid down by a directive.