Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2025:770
Date: 2025-10-09
Language of the case: Greek
Procedure: Action for failure to fulfil obligations - successful
Origin: Greece

Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 9 October 2025 – Commission v Greece (Implementation of the judgment on the Zakynthos landfill) (Case C-368/24) 1 (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Judgment of the Court of Justice establishing a failure to fulfil obligations – Non-compliance – Article 260(2) TFEU – Environment – Directives 2008/98/EC and 1999/31/EC – Waste – Landfill on the island of Zakynthos (Greece) – Obligation to close that landfill, which has not been granted the required permit – Pecuniary penalties – Periodic penalty payments – Lump sum) Language of the case: Greek Parties Applicant: European Commission (represented by: T. Adamopoulos and M. Escobar Gómez, acting as Agents) Defendant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: C. Kokkosi, acting as Agent) Operative part The Court: Declares that, by failing to take all the measures necessary to comply with the judgment of the Court of Justice in Commission v Greece (C-600/12, EU:C:2014:2086), the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 260(1) TFEU; Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the European Commission a penalty payment of EUR 12 500 per day from the date of the present judgment to the date of compliance with the judgment of 17 July 2014, Commission v Greece (C-600/12, EU:C:2014:2086); Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the European Commission a lump sum of EUR 5 500 000; Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C, C/2024/4578.