CELEX: 62008CJ0493
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations
Directive 2005/56/EC
Cross-border mergers of limited liability companies
Failure to transpose within the prescribed period

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure to adopt, within the prescribed period, the measures necessary to
comply with Directive 2005/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on cross‑border mergers
of limited liability companies (OJ 2005 L 310, p. 1).
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Declares that, by failing to adopt, within the prescribed period, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary
to comply with Directive 2005/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on cross-border mergers
of limited liability companies, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under the first paragraph of Article
19 of that directive;
2.
Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.