CELEX: 62012CN0332
Language: en
Date: 2012-07-10 00:00:00
Title: Case C-332/12: Action brought on 10 July 2012 — European Commission v Republic of Poland

22.9.2012   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 287/24
            
         Action brought on 10 July 2012 — European Commission v Republic of Poland
   (Case C-332/12)
   2012/C 287/45
   Language of the case: Polish
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: European Commission (represented by: P. Hetsch, L. Nicolae and J. Hottiaux, acting as Agents)
   
      Defendant: Republic of Poland
   
      Form of order sought
   
   
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               declare that, by not adopting the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2009/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 establishing the fundamental principles governing the investigation of accidents in the maritime transport sector and amending Council Directive 1999/35/EC and Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, (1) and in any event by not informing the Commission of such provisions, the Republic of Poland has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 25 of that directive;
            
         
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               impose on the Republic of Poland, in accordance with Article 260(3) TFEU, a penalty payment for failure to comply with the obligation to notify measures transposing Directive 2009/18, at a daily rate of EUR 56 095,20 and payable from the date on which judgment is delivered in the present case;
            
         
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               order the Republic of Poland to pay the costs.
            
         
      Pleas in law and main arguments
   
   The period for transposition of the directive expired on 17 June 2011.
   
      (1)  OJ 2009 L 131, p. 114.