Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2010:172
Date: 2010-03-25
Language of the case: Greek
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Subject matter: Energy;Approximation of laws
Procedure: Action for failure to fulfil obligations - successful
Origin: Greece

Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 25 March 2010 - European Commission v Hellenic Republic (Case C-169/09) 1 (Failure of Member State to fulfil obligations - Ecodesign requirements for energy-using products - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period) Language of the case: Greek Parties Applicant: European Commission (represented by: S. Schønberg and M. Karanasou Apostolopoulou, acting as Agents) Defendant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: N. Dafniou, acting as Agent) Re: Failure of Member State to fulfil obligations - Failure to take, in the prescribed period, the provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2005 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-using products and amending Council Directive 92/42/EEC and Directives 96/57/EC and 2000/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ 2005 L 191, p. 29) Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Declares that, by failing to adopt, within the prescribed period, all the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2005 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-using products and amending Council Directive 92/42/EEC and Directives 96/57/EC and 2000/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive; 2. Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs. ____________ 1 - OJ C 153, 4.7.2009