9.3.2015 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 81/7 |
Action brought on 18 December 2014 — Commission v Hellenic Republic
(Case C-584/14)
(2015/C 081/09)
Language of the case: Greek
Parties
Applicant: European Commission (represented by: M. Patakia and D. Loma-Osorio Lerena, acting as Agents)
Defendant: Hellenic Republic
Form of order sought
The Commission claims that the Court should:
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Declare that the Hellenic Republic, by failing to take the necessary measures to comply with the judgment delivered by the Court on 10 September 2009 in Case C-286/08 Commission v Greece, failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 260(1) TFEU; |
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Order the Hellenic Republic to pay to the Commission a proposed penalty payment of EUR 72 864,00 for each day of delay in complying with the judgment delivered in Case C-286/08, from the date of delivery of judgment in the present case until the date of full compliance with the judgment in Case C-286/08; |
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Order the Hellenic Republic to pay to the Commission a daily lump sum of EUR 8 096,00 for each day from the date of delivery of the judgment in Case C-286/08 until the date of delivery of the judgment in the present case, or until the date upon which the judgment in Case C-286/08 has been complied with, if earlier; |
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order the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs. |
Pleas in law and main arguments
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In its judgment delivered on 10 September 2009 in Case C-286/08 Commission v Greece, ruled as follows: ‘The Court:
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The Commission initiated an infringement procedure against the Hellenic Republic in relation to its compliance with the abovementioned judgment of the Court on the basis of Article 260 TFEU. On the basis of the information provided by the Hellenic Republic and in particular, according to the data for 2009, which was submitted to the Commission with the reply of 16 May 2011, it appears that the total production of hazardous waste for 2011 amounts to 1 84 863,50 tonnes, that the historical waste is in the order of 3 23 452,40 tonnes and that exports amount to 5 147,40 tonnes. It follows from the above that there has been no compliance with the judgment of the Court in Case С-286/08, seven or more years after its delivery. |
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The Commission consequently brings proceedings before the Court, in accordance with Article 260(2) TFEU, which provides that, where the Commission brings a case before the Court when a Member State has not taken the necessary measures to comply with a judgment of the Court within the period defined by the Commission, then the Commission is to specify the amount of the penalty payment and/or lump sum which it considers should be paid by the Member State, and which the Commission considers appropriate in the circumstances. The final decision on the imposition of the penalties provided for by Article 260 TFEU is to be taken by the Court, which in this case has unlimited jurisdiction. |
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The Commission, applying the criteria which it set out in its Communication of 13/12/2005 (as updated on 17/09/2014) on the application of Article 260 TFEU, claims that the Court should declare that the Hellenic Republic, by failing to take the necessary measures to comply with the judgment delivered by the Court on 10 September 2009 in Case C-286/08 Commission v Greece, failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 260(1) TFEU, order the Hellenic Republic to pay to the Commission a proposed penalty payment of EUR 72 864,00 for each day of delay in complying with the judgment in Case C-286/08, from the date of delivery of judgment in the present case until the date of full compliance with the judgment in Case C-286/08, order the Hellenic Republic to pay to the Commission a daily lump sum of EUR 8 096,00 for each day from the date of delivery of the judgment in Case C-286/08 until the date of delivery of the judgment in the present case, or until the date upon which the judgment in Case C-286/08 has been complied with, if earlier, and order the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs. |
(1) OJ L 114, 27.4.2006, p. 9.
(2) OJ L 182, 16.7. 1999, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 377, 31.12.1991, p 20.