Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2016:742
Date: 2016-10-05
Language of the case: Polish
Court formation: Tenth Chamber
Subject matter: Transport
Procedure: Action for failure to fulfil obligations - successful
Origin: Poland

Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 5 October 2016 — European Commission v Republic of Poland (Case C-23/16) 1 (Failure of a Member State to fulil obligations — Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 — Common rules concerning the conditions to be complied with to pursue the occupation of road transport operator — Article 16(1) and (5) — National electronic register of road transport undertakings — Lack of interconnection with the electronic registers of other Member States) Language of the case: Polish Parties Applicant: European Commission (represented by: J. Hottiaux, acting as Agent) Defendant: Republic of Poland (represented by: B. Majczyna, acting as Agent) Operative part of the judgment The Court: Declares that, by not creating a national electronic register of road transport undertakings and by not establishing the interconnection with the electronic registers of other Member States, the Republic of Poland has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 16(1) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 21 October 2009, establishing common rules concerning the conditions to be complied with to pursue the occupation of road transport operator and repealing Council Directive 96/26/EC. Orders the Republic of Poland to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 98, 14.3.2016.