Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2001:519
Date: 2001-10-04
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Human rights;Approximation of laws;Fundamental rights
Concepts: Defences
Procedure: Action for failure to fulfil obligations - successful
Origin: Luxembourg

Summary of the Judgment 
Member States — Obligations — Implementation of directives — Failure to fulfil 
obligations — Justification — Not permissible 
(Art. 226 EC) 
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SUMMARY — CASE C-450/00 
A Member State may not plead provisions, 
practices or circumstances existing in its 
internal legal system in order to justify a 
failure to comply with the obligations and 
time-limits laid down in a directive. 
(see para. 8) 
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