Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2019:636
Date: 2019-07-29
Language of the case: Italian
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Subject matter: Public health
Procedure: Action for failure to fulfil obligations - successful
Origin: Italy

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 29 July 2019 — European Commission v Italian Republic (Case C-481/18) 1 (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2012/39/EU — Technical requirements for the testing of human tissues and cells — Failure to communicate or failure to transpose within the prescribed period) Language of the case: Italian Parties Applicant: European Commission (represented by A. Szmytkowska and C. Sjödin, Agents) Defendant: Italian Republic (represented by G. Palmieri, Agent, and by C. Colelli, avvocato dello Stato) Operative part of the judgment The Court: Declares that, by failing to adopt, within the prescribed period, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Commission Directive 2012/39/EU of 26 November 2012 amending Directive 2006/17/EC as regards certain technical requirements for the testing of human tissues and cells (OJ 2012 L 327, p. 24), and by failing to notify to the European Commission the provisions adopted to transpose Directive 2012/39, the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 2(1) of that directive; Orders the Italian Republic to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 328, 17.9.2018.