Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 22 May 2025 – Commission v Latvia (Open Data Directive and the re-use of public sector information)
(Case C-238/23) 1
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Article 258 TFEU – Directive (EU) 2019/1024 – Open data and the re-use of public sector information – Incomplete transposition of that directive and failure to notify the transposition measures – Article 260(3) TFEU – Application for the imposition of a lump sum and a daily penalty payment)
Language of the case: Latvian
Parties
Applicant: European Commission (represented by: U. Małecka, L. Malferrari and I. Naglis, acting as Agents)
Defendant: Republic of Latvia (represented by: J. Davidoviča, K. Pommere and I. Romanovska, acting as Agents)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Declares that, by failing, on expiry of the period laid down in the reasoned opinion of the European Commission of 6 April 2022, to adopt all the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive (EU) 2019/1024 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on open data and the re-use of public sector information, and, in any event, by failing to notify those provisions to the Commission, the Republic of Latvia has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 17 of that directive;
Orders the Republic of Latvia to pay the European Commission a lump sum in the amount of EUR 250 000;
Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
Orders the Republic of Latvia to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.
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1 OJ C 205, 12.6.2023.