CELEX: 62014CA0557
Language: en
Date: 2016-06-22 00:00:00
Title: Case C-557/14: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 22 June 2016 — European Commission v Portuguese Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 91/271/EEC — Urban waste water treatment — Judgment of the Court establishing a failure to fulfil obligations — Non-compliance — Article 260(2) TFEU — Financial penalties — Lump sum payment and penalty payment)

29.8.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 314/2
            
         Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 22 June 2016 — European Commission v Portuguese Republic
   (Case C-557/14) (1)
   
   ((Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 91/271/EEC - Urban waste water treatment - Judgment of the Court establishing a failure to fulfil obligations - Non-compliance - Article 260(2) TFEU - Financial penalties - Lump sum payment and penalty payment))
   (2016/C 314/03)
   Language of the case: Portuguese
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: European Commission (represented by: G. Braga da Cruz and E. Manhaeve, acting as Agents)
   
      Defendant: Portuguese Republic (represented by: L. Inez Fernandes, J. Reis Silva and J. Brito e Silva, acting as Agents)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Declares that, by failing to take all the measures necessary to comply with the judgment of 7 May 2009 in Commission v Portugal (C-530/07, EU:C:2009:292), the Portuguese Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 260(1) TFEU;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               If the failure to fulfil obligations established in point 1 has continued until the day of delivery of the present judgment, orders the Portuguese Republic to pay the European Commission, into the ‘European Union own resources’ account, a penalty payment of EUR 8 000 for each day of delay in implementing the measures necessary to comply with the judgment of 7 May 2009 in Commission v Portugal (C-530/07, EU:C:2009:292), from the date of delivery of the present judgment until the judgment of 7 May 2009 in Commission v Portugal (C-530/07, EU:C:2009:292) has been complied with in full;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the Portuguese Republic to pay the European Commission, into the ‘European Union own resources’ account, a lump sum payment of EUR 3 000 000;
            
         
               4.
            
            
               Orders the Portuguese Republic to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 46, 9.6.2015.