CELEX: 62013CA0243
Language: en
Date: 2014-12-04 00:00:00
Title: Case C-243/13: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 4 December 2014  — European Commission v Kingdom of Sweden (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Environment — Directive 2008/1/EC — Integrated pollution prevention and control — Existing installation — Authorisation procedure — Procedures under way — Judgment of the Court establishing a failure to fulfil obligations — Non-implementation — Article 260(2) TFEU — Pecuniary penalties — Lump sum — Penalty payment)

9.2.2015   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 46/7
            
         Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 4 December 2014 — European Commission v Kingdom of Sweden
   (Case C-243/13) (1)
   
   ((Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Environment - Directive 2008/1/EC - Integrated pollution prevention and control - Existing installation - Authorisation procedure - Procedures under way - Judgment of the Court establishing a failure to fulfil obligations - Non-implementation - Article 260(2) TFEU - Pecuniary penalties - Lump sum - Penalty payment))
   (2015/C 046/08)
   Language of the case: Swedish
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: European Commission (represented by: S. Petrova and J. Enegren, acting as Agents)
   
      Defendant: Kingdom of Sweden (represented by: E. Karlsson, A. Falk and S. Johannesson, acting as Agents)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court (Fifth Chamber) hereby:
   
               1.
            
            
               Declares that, by failing to take the measures necessary to comply with the judgment of the Court of Justice in Commission v Sweden (C-607/10, EU:C:2012:192), Sweden has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 260(1) TFEU;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Declares that, if the failure to fulfil obligations found in point 1 has continued until the date of delivery of this judgment, the Kingdom of Sweden shall be ordered to pay to the European Commission, into the ‘European Union own resources’ account, a penalty payment of EUR 4  000 for each day of delay in taking the measures necessary to comply with the judgment of 23 November 2006 in Commission v Sweden (C-607/10, EU:C:2012:192), from the date of delivery of this judgment until the date on which the first judgment has been complied with;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the Kingdom of Sweden to pay to the European Commission, into the ‘European Union own resources’ account, a lump sum of EUR 2 0 00  000;
            
         
               4.
            
            
               Orders the Kingdom of Sweden to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 189, 29.6.2013.