Press Release: Judgment in Case C-378/13. Commission v Greece

Greece is ordered to pay financial penalties for failing to comply with a 2005 judgment of the Court establishing its failure to fulfil obligations under the ‘Waste Directive’.

In addition to a lump sum of €10 million, the Court orders Greece, until the 2005 judgment is complied with in full, to make a penalty payment, the actual amount of which will depend on the progress made by Greece, but which, if there is no such progress, will be more than €14 million for each six-month period of delay.