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Official Journal of the European Union

C 292/21

(Case C-329/14)

2014/C 292/26

Language of the case: Finnish

Parties

Applicant: European Commission (represented by: P. Hetsch, K. Hermann and I. Koskinen, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Republic of Finland

Form of order sought

—declare that, the Republic of Finland has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 28(1) of Directive 2010/31/EU (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings, because it has failed to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative measures necessary to transpose Article 2(2) and Article 9(1) into national law or, in any event, to inform the Commission of those measures either as regards mainland Finland and with regard to the Åland Islands it has failed to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative measures necessary to transpose Article 2(2) and Article 9(1) into national law or, in any event, to inform the Commission of those measures;

—order the Republic of Finland, on the basis of Article 260(3) TFEU to pay a fine of EUR 19 178,25 per day from the date of delivery of the judgment of the Court of Justice to be paid to the European Union’s own resources account, on the ground that it has failed to fulfil its obligation to indicate the measures by which the directive will be transposed into national law.

—order the Republic of Finland to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The period within which to transpose the Directive expired on 9 July 2012.

(1) OJ 2010 L 153, p. 13.