Action brought on 19 November 2019 — European Commission v Kingdom of Belgium

(Case C-842/19)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: European Commission (represented by: W. Roels and A. Armenia, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Kingdom of Belgium

Form of order sought

The Commission claims that the Court should:

declare that, by failing to take all the measures necessary to comply with the judgment of 12 April 2018 delivered in Case C-110/17, Commission v Belgium, the Kingdom of Belgium failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 260(1) TFEU;

impose on the Kingdom of Belgium a penalty payment of EUR 22 076.55 per day of delay in complying with the judgment delivered in Case C-110/17, referred to above, from the date of delivery of the judgment in the present case until the date on which the judgment delivered in Case C-110/17, referred to above, has been complied with, payable to an account specified by the Commission;

order the Kingdom of Belgium to pay a minimum lump sum of EUR 2 029 000 or, in the event that the amount of that minimum lump sum is exceeded, of a daily lump sum of EUR 4 905.90 from the date of delivery of the judgment in Case C-110/17, referred to above, until the date of delivery of the judgment in the present case or until the date of compliance with the judgment delivered in Case C-110/17, referred to above, whichever is the earlier, payable to an account specified by the Commission;

order the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

By its action, the Commission criticises the Kingdom of Belgium for not having taken the measures necessary to comply with the judgment delivered by the Court on 12 April 2018.

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