Case C-541/16: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 12 April 2018 — European Commission v Kingdom of Denmark (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009 — Article 2(6) — Article 8 — Cabotage operations — Definition — Definition contained in a ‘Questions and answers’ document drawn up by the European Commission — Legal force — National implementing measures limiting the number of loading points and unloading points which may be part of the same cabotage operation — Discretion — Restriction — Proportionality)
Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 12 April 2018 — European Commission v Kingdom of Denmark
(Case C-541/16) ( 1 )
‛(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009 — Article 2(6) — Article 8 — Cabotage operations — Definition — Definition contained in a ‘Questions and answers’ document drawn up by the European Commission — Legal force — National implementing measures limiting the number of loading points and unloading points which may be part of the same cabotage operation — Discretion — Restriction — Proportionality)’
2018/C 200/10Language of the case: DanishParties
Applicant: European Commission (represented by: J. Hottiaux, L. Grønfeldt and U. Nielsen, acting as Agents)
Defendant: Kingdom of Denmark (represented by: C. Thorning, J. Nymann-Lindegren and M. Sønndahl Wolff, acting as Agents)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
|
1) |
Dismisses the action; |
|
2) |
Orders the European Commission to pay the costs. |
( 1 ) OJ C 6, 9.1.2017.