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Action brought on 27 July 2020 – European Commission v Portuguese Republic

(Case C-345/20)

Language of the case: Portuguese

Parties

Applicant: European Commission (represented by: W. Mölls and C. Vrignon, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Portuguese Republic

Form of order sought

The Commission claims that the Court of Justice should:

declare that, in failing to carry out the interconnection of its national electronic register to the new version of the European Register of Road Transport Undertakings (ERRU), the Portuguese Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 3 and 4 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/480 of 1 April 2016 establishing common rules concerning the interconnection of national electronic registers on road transport undertakings and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1213/2010; 1

order the Portuguese Republic to pay the costs.

Plea in law and main arguments

The interconnection of national electronic registers to the new version of the ERRU, which the Member States are required to carry out in accordance with the procedures and technical requirements laid down in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/480, as required under Article 3 of that regulation, was to have taken place by no later than 30 January 2019.

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1 OJ 2016 L 87, p. 4.