CELEX: 62009CJ0405
Language: en
Date: 2011-04-07 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 7 April 2011. # European Commission v Republic of Finland. # Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - The European Union's own resources - Procedures relating to the collection of import or export duties - Delay in establishing the own resources relating to those rights. # Case C-405/09.

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 7 April 2011 – Commission v Finland
      (Case C-405/09)
      Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – The European Union’s own resources – Procedures relating to the collection of import or export duties – Delay in establishing the own resources relating to those rights
      The Union’s own resources – Establishment and making available by the Member States – Crediting the amount to the Commission’s account – Delay in crediting the amount – Failure to fulfil obligations – Obligation to pay interest (Council Regulations No 1552/89, Arts 2, 6 and 9 to 11, No 2913/92, Art. 220, and No 1150/2000,
         Arts 2, 6 and 9 to 11) (see paras 35-39, 41, 49-51, operative part)
      
      Re: 
      
         
               Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Infringement of Articles 2, 6 and 9 to 11 of Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom)
                  No 1552/89 of 29 May 1989 implementing Decision 88/376/EEC, Euratom on the system of the Communities’ own resources (OJ 1989
                  L 155, p. 1) and Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1150/2000 of 22 May 2000 implementing Decision 94/728/EC, Euratom on
                  the system of the Communities’ own resources (OJ 2000 L 130, p. 1) and of Article 220 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92
                  of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (OJ 1992 L 302, p. 1) – Failure to comply, where there is post-clearance
                  recovery, with the time-limits laid down for entry in the accounts and the establishment of the Communities’ own resources.
               
            Operative part
      The Court:
      
         
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                  	Declares that, by applying an administrative procedure by to which the European Union’s own resources are established only
                     after the debtor has been granted a period of at least 15 days to submit his observations and by failing to observe, where
                     there is post-clearance recovery, the time-limits laid down for the entry of those resources, which has the consequence of
                     delaying their payment, the Republic of Finland has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 2, 6 and 9 to 11 of Council
                     Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1552/89 of 29 May 1989 implementing Decision 88/376/EEC, Euratom on the system of the Communities’
                     own resources, as amended by Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 1355/96 of 8 July 1996, and Council Regulation (EC, Euratom)
                     No 1150/2000 of 22 May 2000 implementing Decision 94/728/EC, Euratom on the system of the Communities’ own resources and under
                     Article 220 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code; 
                  
               
            
         
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                  	Orders the Republic of Finland to pay the costs; 
               
            
         
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                  	Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to bear its own costs.