CELEX: 62016CA0626
Language: en
Date: 2018-07-04 00:00:00
Title: Case C-626/16: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 4 July 2018 — European Commission v Slovak Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Environment — Landfill of waste — Directive 1999/31/EC — Existing landfill sites — Article 14 — Definite decision on whether or not operations may continue — Article 13 — Closure procedures — Judgment of the Court declaring a failure to fulfil obligations — Non-compliance — Article 260(2) TFEU — Pecuniary penalties — Penalty payment and lump sum)

27.8.2018   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 301/4
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 4 July 2018 — European Commission v Slovak Republic
      (Case C-626/16) (1)
      
      ((Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Environment - Landfill of waste - Directive 1999/31/EC - Existing landfill sites - Article 14 - Definite decision on whether or not operations may continue - Article 13 - Closure procedures - Judgment of the Court declaring a failure to fulfil obligations - Non-compliance - Article 260(2) TFEU - Pecuniary penalties - Penalty payment and lump sum))
      (2018/C 301/04)
      Language of the case: Slovak
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: European Commission (represented by: E. Sanfrutos Cano and A. Tokár, acting as Agents)
      
         Defendant: Slovak Republic (represented by: B. Ricziová, acting as Agent)
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
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                  Declares that, by failing to take all the measures necessary to comply with the judgment of 25 April 2013, Commission v Slovakia (C-331/11, not published, EU:C:2013:271), the Slovak Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 260(1) TFEU;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders that if the failure to fulfil obligations established in point 1 has continued until the day of delivery of the present judgment the Slovak Republic must pay the European Commission a penalty payment of EUR 5 000 for each day of delay in implementing the measures necessary to comply with the judgment of 25 April 2013, Commission v Slovakia (C-331/11, not published, EU:C:2013:271), from the date of delivery of the present judgment until the judgment of 25 April 2013, Commission v Slovakia (C-331/11, not published, EU:C:2013:271), has been complied with in full;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders the Slovak Republic to pay the European Commission a lump sum of EUR 1 000 000;
               
            
                  4.
               
               
                  Orders the Slovak Republic to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 78, 13.3.2017.