CELEX: 62009CJ0478
Merger or division of public limited liability companies
Requirement of an independent expert's report
Failure to transpose within the prescribed period

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure to take, within the prescribed period, the measures necessary to
comply with Directive 2007/63/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2007 amending Council Directives
78/855/EEC and 82/891/EEC as regards the requirement of an independent expert’s report on the occasion of merger or division
of public limited liability companies.
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Declares that, by not adopting the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2007/63/EC
of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2007 amending Council Directives 78/855/EEC and 82/891/EEC as
regards the requirement of an independent expert’s report on the occasion of merger or division of public limited liability
companies or in any event by not notifying those provisions to the Commission, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil
its obligations under that directive;
2.
Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.