ECJ 1. According to well-established case-law, a Member State cannot plead provisions, practices or circumstances existing in its internal legal system in order to defend a failure to comply with obligations and time-limits laid down in Community directives.
2. If the Member State to which a reasoned opinion has been issued has not, by the end of the period which the Commission may lay down under the second paragraph of Article 169 of the Treaty, put an end to the failure of which it is accused, the Commission is at liberty to decide whether or not to bring the matter before the Court of Justice.
Citations:
C-329/88, [1989] EUECJ C-329/88
Links:
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Updated: 23 May 2022; Ref: scu.134973
