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20.11.2010 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 317/12 |
Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 23 September 2010 — European Commission v Hellenic Republic
(Case C-24/10) (1)
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Directive 2006/46/EC - Company law - Annual accounts and consolidated accounts of companies - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)
2010/C 317/22
Language of the case: Greek
Parties
Applicant: European Commission (represented by: M. Karanasou Apostolopoulou and G. Braun, acting as Agents)
Defendant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: N. Dafniou, acting as Agent)
Re:
Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Failure to adopt, within the prescribed period, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2006/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 amending Council Directives 78/660/EEC on the annual accounts of certain types of companies, 83/349/EEC on consolidated accounts, 86/635/EEC on the annual accounts and consolidated accounts of banks and other financial institutions and 91/674/EEC on the annual accounts and consolidated accounts of insurance undertakings (OJ 2006 L 224, p. 1)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Declares that by not adopting within the prescribed period the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2006/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 amending Council Directives 78/660/EEC on the annual accounts of certain types of companies, 83/349/EEC on consolidated accounts, 86/635/EEC on the annual accounts and consolidated accounts of banks and other financial institutions and 91/674/EEC on the annual accounts and consolidated accounts of insurance undertakings, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive; |
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Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs. |