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Action brought on 30 April 2019 — European Commission v Kingdom of Spain

(Case C-347/19)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: European Commission (represented by: K. Talabér-Ritz and S. Pardo Quintillán, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Kingdom of Spain

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

declare that, in accordance with Article 258 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, by not adopting national provisions on the installation of individual measuring devices for the consumption of heating, cooling and hot water in buildings, in accordance with Article 9(3) of Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC, 1 the Kingdom of Spain has failed to fulfil its obligations under the abovementioned provisions of Directive 2012/27/EU;

order the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs.

Plea in law and main argument

The Commission submits that the Kingdom of Spain has not adopted national provisions on the installation of individual measuring devices for the consumption of heating, cooling and hot water in buildings, in accordance with Article 9(3) of Directive 2012/27/EU.

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1 OJ 2012 L 315, p. 1.