CELEX: 62012CN0572
Language: en
Date: 2012-12-06 00:00:00
Title: Case C-572/12: Action brought on 6 December 2012 — European Commission v Kingdom of the Netherlands

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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 38/15
            
         Action brought on 6 December 2012 — European Commission v Kingdom of the Netherlands
   (Case C-572/12)
   2013/C 38/22
   Language of the case: Dutch
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: European Commission (represented by: P. Hetsch, E. Manhaeve, A. Tokár, Agents)
   
      Defendant: Kingdom of the Netherlands
   
      Form of order sought
   
   The Commission claims that the Court of Justice should:
   
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               declare that, by not adopting the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2009/81/EC (1) on the coordination of procedures for the award of certain works contracts, supply contracts and service contracts by contracting authorities or entities in the fields of defence and security, and amending Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC, or in any event in failing to inform the Commission thereof, the Kingdom of the Netherlands has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 72(1) of that directive;
            
         
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               in accordance with Article 260(3) TFEU, order the Kingdom of the Netherlands to pay a daily penalty payment in the sum of EUR 57 324,80 from the date on which judgment is delivered in this case;
            
         
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               order the Kingdom of the Netherlands to pay the costs.
            
         
      Pleas in law and main arguments
   
   The period for transposing the directive into national law expired on 21 August 2011.
   
      (1)  OJ 2009 L 216, p. 76.