CELEX: 62019CA0298
Language: en
Date: 2020-02-27 00:00:00
Title: Case C-298/19: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 27 February 2020 — European Commission v Hellenic Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 91/676/EEC — Protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources — Judgment of the Court establishing a failure to fulfil obligations — Non-compliance — Article 260(2), TFEU — Pecuniary penalties — Lump sum)

11.5.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 161/12
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 27 February 2020 — European Commission v Hellenic Republic
      (Case C-298/19) (1)
      
      (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 91/676/EEC - Protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources - Judgment of the Court establishing a failure to fulfil obligations - Non-compliance - Article 260(2), TFEU - Pecuniary penalties - Lump sum)
      (2020/C 161/17)
      Language of the case: Greek
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: European Commission (represented by: M. Konstantinidis and E. Manhaeve, acting as Agents)
      
         Defendant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: E. Skandalo, acting as Agent)
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
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                  Declares that, by failing to adopt the measures necessary to comply with the judgment of 23 April 2015 in Commission v Greece (C-149/14, not published, EU:C:2015:264), by the expiry of the period prescribed in the letter of formal notice sent by the European Commission, namely 5 December 2017, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 260(1) TFEU.
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the European Commission a lump sum of EUR 3 500 000, to an account to be indicated by it.
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 213, 24.6.2019.