Official Journal of the European Union

C 317/12

(Case C-24/10) (<span class="super">1</span>)

(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:

1.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;

2.Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.

(<span class="super">1</span>) OJ C 63, 13.03.2010.