European Commission v Kingdom of Spain: ECJ 25 Feb 2010

ECJ (Judgment Of The Court (Seventh Chamber)) 1. Actions for failure to fulfil obligations – Examination of the merits by the Court – Situation to be taken into consideration – Situation on expiry of the period laid down in the reasoned opinion (Art. 226 EC)
2. Member States – Obligations – Implementation of directives – Failure to fulfil obligations – National system pleaded as justification – Not permissible (Art. 226 EC) (see para. 10)

C-295/09, [2010] EUECJ C-295/09
Bailii

European

Updated: 18 December 2021; Ref: scu.535378