Memo: Financial Penalties for Member States who fail to comply with Judgments of the European Court of Justice: European Commission clarifies rules

The European Commission on 14 December 2005 adopted a Communication to clarify and develop the policy of the Commission in asking the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to impose a periodic penalty payment and a lump sum on a Member State which fails to comply with a judgment of the ECJ. This clarification was required after the ruling of the ECJ on 12 July 2005 in Case C-304/02, Commission v French Republic.

Europa: Eur-lex: Case-law: CURIA: Case C-304/02 http://curia.europa.eu/jurisp/cgi-bin/form.pl?lang=en&Submit=Submit&docrequire=alldocs&numaff=C-304%2F02&datefs=&datefe=&nomusuel=&domaine=&mots=&resmax=100

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