CELEX: 62012CN0245
Language: en
Date: 2012-05-16 00:00:00
Title: Case C-245/12: Action brought on 16 May 2012 — European Commission v Republic of Poland

7.7.2012   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 200/8
            
         Action brought on 16 May 2012 — European Commission v Republic of Poland
   (Case C-245/12)
   2012/C 200/15
   Language of the case: Polish
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: European Commission (represented by: P. Hetsch, B. Simon and K. Herrmann, Agents)
   
      Defendant: Republic of Poland
   
      Form of order sought
   
   
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               declare that, by not bringing into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive), (1) or in any event by not notifying the Commission of those provisions, the Republic of Poland has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 26(1) of that directive;
            
         
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               impose on the Republic of Poland, in accordance with Article 260(3) TFEU, a periodic penalty payment for failure to meet its obligation to notify transposition of Directive 2008/56/EC at a daily rate of 93 492 EUR calculated from the day on which judgment in the present case is delivered;
            
         
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               order the Republic of Poland to pay the costs.
            
         
      Pleas in law and main arguments
   
   The period within which Directive 2008/56/EC had to be transposed expired on 15 July 2010.
   
      (1)  OJ 2008 L 164, p. 19.