Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2025:345
Date: 2025-05-08
Language of the case: Danish
Court formation: Tenth Chamber
Subject matter: Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for failure to fulfil obligations - successful
Origin: Denmark

Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 8 May 2025 – Commission v Denmark (Directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market) (Case C‑214/23) ( Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Article 258 TFEU – Directive (EU) 2019/790 – Digital Single Market – Copyright and related rights – Partial transposition – Article 260(3) TFEU – Financial penalties – Application for the imposition of a lump sum and a penalty payment – Discontinuance in part ) 1. Actions for failure to fulfil obligations – Disregard of the obligations imposed by a directive – Obligation to notify transposition measures – Scope (Art. 260(3) TFEU) (see paragraph 54) 2. Actions for failure to fulfil obligations – Judgment of the Court establishing the failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations – Failure to fulfil the obligation to notify measures transposing a directive – Financial penalties – Lump sum – Purpose (Art. 260(3) TFEU; European Parliament and Council Directive 2019/790) (see paragraphs 60-62) 3. Actions for failure to fulfil obligations – Judgment of the Court establishing the failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations – Failure to fulfil the obligation to notify measures transposing a directive – Financial penalties – Lump sum – Calculation of the amount – Criteria (Art. 260(3) TFEU; European Parliament and Council Directive 2019/790) (see paragraphs 72-76) Operative part The Court: 1. Declares that, by failing to adopt, by the expiry of the period laid down in the reasoned opinion of the European Commission of 19 May 2022, 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 notify those provisions to the Commission, the Kingdom of Denmark failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 29 of that directive. 2. Orders the Kingdom of Denmark to pay to the European Commission a lump sum of EUR 1 600 000. 3. Orders the Kingdom of Denmark to bear its own costs and to pay those of the European Commission.