Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2010:547
Date: 2010-09-23
Language of the case: Greek
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Subject matter: Right of establishment
Procedure: Action for failure to fulfil obligations - successful
Origin: Greece

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 23 September 2010 - European Commission v Hellenic Republic (Case C-24/10) 1 (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Directive 2006/46/EC - Company law- Annual accounts and consolidated accounts of companies - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period) Language of the case: Greek Parties Applicant: European Commission (represented by: M. Karanasou Apostolopoulou and G. Braun, acting as Agents) Defendant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: N. Dafniou, acting as Agent) Re: Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations -Failure to adopt, within the prescribed period, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2006/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 amending Council Directives 78/660/EEC on the annual accounts of certain types of companies, 83/349/EEC on consolidated accounts, 86/635/EEC on the annual accounts and consolidated accounts of banks and other financial institutions and 91/674/EEC on the annual accounts and consolidated accounts of insurance undertakings (OJ 2006 L 224, p. 1) Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Declares that by not adopting within the prescribed period the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2006/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 amending Council Directives 78/660/EEC on the annual accounts of certain types of companies, 83/349/EEC on consolidated accounts, 86/635/EEC on the annual accounts and consolidated accounts of banks and other financial institutions and 91/674/EEC on the annual accounts and consolidated accounts of insurance undertakings, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive; 2. Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs. ____________ 1 - OJ C 63, 13.03.2010.