62019CJ0744_INF
Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 14 January 2021 – Commission v Italy (Ionising radiation)
(Case C‑744/19) (
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(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Directive 2013/59/Euratom – Basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation – Article 106 – Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)
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Actions for failure to fulfil obligations – Examination of the merits by the Court – Situation to be taken into consideration – Situation on expiry of the period laid down in the reasoned opinion
(Art. 258 TFEU)
(see para. 9)
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Member States – Obligations – Failure to fulfil obligations – National system pleaded as justification – Not permissible
(Art. 258 TFEU)
(see para. 10)
Operative part
The Court:
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Declares that, by failing to adopt, within the prescribed period, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom of 5 December 2013 laying down basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation, and repealing Directives 89/618/Euratom, 90/641/Euratom, 96/29/Euratom, 97/43/Euratom and 2003/122/Euratom, and by failing to communicate to the European Commission the text of the provisions of national law adopted, where necessary, in the field governed by Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom, the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 106(1) and (3) of that directive;
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Orders the Italian Republic to pay the costs.
(
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)	OJ C 399, 25.11.2019.