Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:C:2020:133
Date: 2020-02-27
Language of the case: Greek
Court formation: Ninth Chamber
Subject matter: Environment;Pollution
Procedure: Action for failure to fulfil obligations - successful
Origin: Greece

Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 27 February 2020 — European Commission v Hellenic Republic (Case C-298/19) 1 (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 91/676/EEC — Protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources — Judgment of the Court establishing a failure to fulfil obligations — Non-compliance — Article 260(2), TFEU — Pecuniary penalties — Lump sum) Language of the case: Greek Parties Applicant: European Commission (represented by: M. Konstantinidis and E. Manhaeve, acting as Agents) Defendant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: E. Skandalo, acting as Agent) Operative part of the judgment The Court: Declares that, by failing to adopt the measures necessary to comply with the judgment of 23 April 2015 in Commission v Greece (C-149/14, not published, EU:C:2015:264), by the expiry of the period prescribed in the letter of formal notice sent by the European Commission, namely 5 December 2017, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 260(1) TFEU. Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the European Commission a lump sum of EUR 3 500 000, to an account to be indicated by it. Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 213, 24.6.2019.