CELEX: 62012CN0130
Language: en
Date: 2012-03-09 00:00:00
Title: Case C-130/12: Action brought on 9 March 2012 — European Commission v Portuguese Republic

5.5.2012   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 133/20
            
         Action brought on 9 March 2012 — European Commission v Portuguese Republic
   (Case C-130/12)
   2012/C 133/37
   Language of the case: Portuguese
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: European Commission (represented by: P. Guerra e Andrade and J. Hottiaux, acting as Agents)
   
      Defendant: Portuguese Republic
   
      Form of order sought
   
   The applicant claims that the Court should:
   
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               declare that, by failing to adopt the legislative, regulatory and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Commission Directive 2009/113/EC (1) of 25 August 2009 amending Directive 2006/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on driving licences, or, in any event, by failing to inform the Commission of such provisions, the Portuguese Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 2(1) of that directive;
            
         
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               order the Portuguese Republic to pay the costs.
            
         
      Pleas in law and main arguments
   
   The time-limit for transposing the directive expired on 14 September 2010.
   
      (1)  OJ 2009 L 223, p. 31.