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Action brought on 16 December 2021 – European Commission v Republic of Bulgaria

(Case C-789/21)

Language of the case: Bulgarian

Parties

Applicant: European Commission (represented by: G. Braun, L. Malferrari and Iv. Zalogin)

Defendant: Republic of Bulgaria

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

declare that, by failing to connect the Bulgarian commercial register to the Business Registers Interconnection System (BRIS), the Republic of Bulgaria has failed to fulfil its obligations under Directive (EU) 2017/1132 1 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 relating to certain aspects of company law (OJ 2017 L 169, p. 46), and in particular Article 166 of Directive 2017/1132 and Annex III thereto, Parts A and B, footnote 2;

order the Republic of Bulgaria to pay the costs of the proceedings.

Pleas in law and main arguments

In breach of the abovementioned provisions of Directive (EU) 2017/1132 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 relating to certain aspects of company law (OJ 2017 L 169, p. 46), the Republic of Bulgaria has failed to connect the Bulgarian commercial register to the Business Registers Interconnection System (BRIS).

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1 OJ 2017 L 169, p. 46.