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Document 62007CJ0026

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 18 July 2007.
Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic.
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2004/80/EC - Compensation to crime victims - Failure to transpose within the period prescribed.
Case C-26/07.

European Court Reports 2007 I-00106*

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2007:461





Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 18 July 2007 – Commission v Greece

(Case C‑26/07)

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Directive 2004/80/EC – Compensation to crime victims – Failure to transpose within the period prescribed

Actions for failure to fulfil obligations – Examination of 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) (see para. 6)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure to adopt, within the prescribed period, all the measures necessary to comply with Council Directive 2004/80/EC of 29 April 2004 relating to compensation to crime victims (OJ 2004 L 261, p. 15).

Operative part

The Court:

 

Declares that, by failing to adopt, within the period prescribed, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Council Directive 2004/80/EC of 29 April 2004 relating to compensation to crime victims, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive.

 

Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.

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