Official Journal of the European Union

C 462/2

(Case C-601/14) (<span class="super note-tag">1</span>)

((Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2004/80/EC - Article 12(2) - National compensation schemes for victims of violent intentional crime guaranteeing fair and appropriate compensation - National scheme not covering all violent intentional crimes committed on the national territory))

(2016/C 462/02)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicant: European Commission (represented by: E. Traversa and F. Moro, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Italian Republic (represented by: G. Palmieri, acting as Agent, and by G. Palatiello and E. De Bonis, avvocati dello Stato)

Intervener in support of the applicant: Council of the European Union (represented by: E. Moro, M. Chavrier and K. Pleśniak, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.Declares that, by failing to adopt all the measures necessary to guarantee the existence, in cross-border situations, of a compensation scheme for victims of all violent intentional crimes committed on its territory, the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 12(2) of Council Directive 2004/80/EC of 29 April 2004 relating to compensation to crime victims;

2.Orders the Italian Republic to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;

3.Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs.

(<span class="note">1</span>) OJ C 89, 16.3.2015.