Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2025:669
Date: 2025-09-04
Language of the case: Polish
Court formation: Tenth Chamber
Procedure: Action for failure to fulfil obligations - successful
Origin: Poland

Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 4 September 2025 – Commission v Poland (Directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market) (Case C-201/23) 1 (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Article 258 TFEU – Directive (EU) 2019/790 – Digital Single Market – Copyright and related rights – Failure to transpose and notify the transposition measures – Article 260(3) TFEU – Financial penalties – Application for the imposition of a lump sum – Date on which the infringement was brought to an end) Language of the case: Polish Parties Applicant: European Commission (represented by: J. Samnadda and B. Sasinowska, acting as Agents) Defendant: Republic of Poland (represented by: B. Majczyna, acting as Agent) Operative part of the judgment The Court: Declares that, by failing to adopt, before the expiry of the time limit laid down in the reasoned opinion of the European Commission of 19 May 2022 all the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive (EU) 2019/790 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market and amending Directives 96/9/EC and 2001/29/EC, and, consequently, by failing to communicate those provisions to the Commission, the Republic of Poland has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 29 of that directive; Orders the Republic of Poland to pay the European Commission a lump sum of EUR 8 300 000; Orders the Republic of Poland to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission. ____________ 1 OJ C 179, 22.5.2023.