7.11.2009   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 267/12


Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 10 September 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Portuguese Republic

(Case C-457/07) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Articles 28 EC and 30 EC - Construction products - National approval procedure - Failure to take account of approval certificates drawn up in other Member States - Judgment of the Court establishing the failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Non-implementation - Article 228 EC - Subject-matter of the dispute - Determination during the pre-litigation procedure - Subsequent extension - Not permissible)

2009/C 267/20

Language of the case: Portuguese

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: S. Pardo Quintillán and P. Andrade, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Portuguese Republic (represented by: L. Inês Fernandes, acting as Agent, N. Ruiz and C. Farinhas, advogados)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Article 228 EC — Failure to comply with the judgment of the Court of Justice of 10 November 2005 in Case C-432/02 — Application for a penalty payment to be imposed

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders the Commission of the European Communities to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 297, 8.12.2007.