Opinion of the Advocate General — ECLI:EU:C:2002:211
Date: 2002-03-21
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Social Policy
Procedure: Action for failure to fulfil obligations - successful
Origin: Italy

Summary of the Judgment 
1. Actions for failure to fulfil obligations — Examination of merits by the Court — 
Situation to be taken into consideration — Situation at the end of the period laid down 
in the reasoned opinion 
(Art. 226 EC) 
2. Acts of the institutions — Directives — Implementation by Member States — 
Transposition of a directive into the national legal system — Need to guarantee full 
application of the directive 
(Art. 249 EC, third para.) 
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