18.7.2009   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 167/5


Action brought on 13 May 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Poland

(Case C-172/09)

2009/C 167/09

Language of the case: Polish

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: P. Dejmek and K. Gawlik, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Republic of Poland

Form of order sought

declare that, by not bringing into force all the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2005/60/EC of 26 October 2005 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing, (1) and in any event by not informing the Commission of the adoption of those provisions, the Republic of Poland has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive and the EC Treaty;

order the Republic of Poland to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The period for transposition of Directive 2005/60/EC expired on 15 December 2007. On the day on which the action was brought, meanwhile, the defendant still had not brought into force all the provisions needed for the purpose of transposing the directive and in any event had not informed the Commission of them.


(1)  OJ 2005 L 309, p. 15.