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Official Journal of the European Union

C 292/19

(Case C-302/14)

2014/C 292/23

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: European Commission (represented by: P. Hetsch, O. Beynet, K. Herrmann, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Kingdom of Belgium

Form of order sought

—declare that, as regards Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings, by failing to adopt, for some parts of its territory, the transposition provisions of the definitions in Article 2(2), (7) and (9) and the requirements laid down in Article 8(1), Article 9(1), Article 11(2) to (5), and Article 18 and Annex II or, in any event, by failing to notify those provisions to the Commission, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfill its obligations under Article 28(1) of the Directive;

—impose upon the Kingdom of Belgium, under Article 260(3) of the TFEU, a daily penalty of EUR 42 178,50 with effect from delivery of the judgment of the Court and payable to the European Union’s own resources account, for failure to fulfil its obligation to notify measures transposing a directive adopted under a legislative procedure;

—order the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The period for transposition of Directive 2010/31/EU expired on 9 July 2012.

Language of the case: French.