CELEX: 62017CA0127
Language: en
Date: 2019-03-21 00:00:00
Title: Case C-127/17: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 21 March 2019 — European Commission v Republic of Poland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Transport — Directive 96/53/EC — International traffic — Vehicles complying with the limit values for weights and dimensions laid down in that directive — Use of such vehicles, which were registered or put into circulation in one Member State, on the territory of another Member State — Special permit regime — Articles 3 and 7 — 2003 Act of Accession — Transitional arrangements — Point 8.3 of Annex XII)

3.6.2019   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 187/7
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 21 March 2019 — European Commission v Republic of Poland
      (Case C-127/17) (1)
      
      (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Transport - Directive 96/53/EC - International traffic - Vehicles complying with the limit values for weights and dimensions laid down in that directive - Use of such vehicles, which were registered or put into circulation in one Member State, on the territory of another Member State - Special permit regime - Articles 3 and 7 - 2003 Act of Accession - Transitional arrangements - Point 8.3 of Annex XII)
      (2019/C 187/08)
      Language of the case: Polish
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: European Commission (represented by: J. Hottiaux and W. Mölls, acting as Agents)
      
         Defendant: Republic of Poland (represented by: B. Majczyna, M. Kamejsza-Kozłowska and J. Sawicka, acting as Agents, and by J. Waszkiewicz, expert)
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
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                  Declares that, by imposing on transport undertakings a requirement to be in possession of special permits in order to be able to circulate on certain public roads, the Republic of Poland has failed to fulfil its obligations under the combined provisions of Articles 3 and 7 of Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic, as amended by Directive (EU) 2015/719 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015, read in conjunction with points 3.1 and 3.4 of Annex I to Directive 96/53;
               
            
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                  Orders the Republic of Poland to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 151, 15.5.2017.