Judgment of the General Court of 21 October 2014 — Italy v Commission
(Case T-268/13) 1
(Failure to comply with a judgment of the Court establishing an infringement — Liquidate penalty — Judgment quantifying the amount — Recovery obligation — Undertakings subject to insolvency proceedings — Subject of the insolvency proceedings at issue — Due diligence — Burden of proof)
Language of the case: Italian
Parties
Applicant: Italian Republic (represented by: G. Palmieri, acting as Agent, and S. Fiorentino, avvocato dello Stato)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: V. Di Bucci, G. Conte and B. Stromsky, acting as Agents)
Re:
APPLICATION for annulment of Commission Decision C(2013) 1264 final of 7 March 2013 ordering the Italian Republic to pay into the ‘European Union own resources’ account the sum of EUR 16 533 000 by way of liquidate penalty.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders the Italian Republic to pay the costs.
________________________1 OJ C 207, 20.7.2013.