CELEX: 62018CA0122
Language: en
Date: 2020-01-28 00:00:00
Title: Case C-122/18: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 28 January 2020 — European Commission v Italian Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2011/7/EU — Combating late payment in commercial transactions — Commercial transactions where the debtor is a public authority — Obligation of Member States to ensure that the period for payment imposed on public authorities does not exceed 30 or 60 days — Obligation to achieve a specified result)

27.4.2020   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 137/4
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 28 January 2020 — European Commission v Italian Republic
      (Case C-122/18) (1)
      
      (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2011/7/EU - Combating late payment in commercial transactions - Commercial transactions where the debtor is a public authority - Obligation of Member States to ensure that the period for payment imposed on public authorities does not exceed 30 or 60 days - Obligation to achieve a specified result)
      (2020/C 137/05)
      Language of the case: Italian
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: European Commission (represented by: G. Gattinara and C. Zadra, acting as Agents)
      
         Defendant: Italian Republic (represented by: G. Palmieri, acting as Agent, and by S. Fiorentino and F. De Luca, avvocati dello Stato)
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Declares that, by not ensuring that its public authorities effectively comply with the periods for payment prescribed in Article 4(3) and (4) of Directive 2011/7/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 on combating late payment in commercial transactions, the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under those provisions;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders the Italian Republic to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 123, 9.4.2018.