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Document 62012CN0135

Case C-135/12: Action brought on 9 March 2012 — European Commission v Republic of Poland

SL C 126, 28.4.2012, p. 10–10 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

28.4.2012   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 126/10


Action brought on 9 March 2012 — European Commission v Republic of Poland

(Case C-135/12)

2012/C 126/19

Language of the case: Polish

Parties

Applicant: European Commission (represented by: Z. Maluskova and D. Milanowska, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Republic of Poland

Form of order sought

declare that, by not adopting the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Commission Directive 2009/145/EC of 26 November 2009 providing for certain derogations, for acceptance of vegetable landraces and varieties which have been traditionally grown in particular localities and regions and are threatened by genetic erosion and of vegetable varieties with no intrinsic value for commercial crop production but developed for growing under particular conditions and for marketing of seed of those landraces and varieties, (1) and in any event by not informing the Commission of such provisions, the Republic of Poland has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 36 of that directive;

order the Republic of Poland to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The time-limit for transposition of the directive expired on 31 December 2010.


(1)  OJ 2009 L 312, p. 44.


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