Action brought on 29 April 2024 – European Commission v Hellenic Republic

(Case C-317/24)

Language of the case: Greek

Parties

Applicant: European Commission (represented by: G. Gattinara, I. Zervas)

Defendant: Hellenic Republic

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

declare that, by failing to guarantee that:

(a) in June, September and December 2018, the Athens General Military Hospital 401, the General Military Training Hospital 424 and the Air Force General Hospital 251; between January and June 2022, the Athens General Military Hospital 401, the Athens Naval Hospital, the Air Force General Hospital 251, the General Military Training Hospital 424 and the Crete Naval Hospital; between July and December 2022, the Athens General Military Hospital 401, the General Military Training Hospital 424, the Athens Naval Hospital, the Crete Naval Hospital and the Air Force General Hospital 251; in 2023, the Athens Naval Hospital and

(b) from April 2023, the following public hospitals and health districts (YPE): Agrinios General Hospital, Mesolongios Chatzikostas General Hospital, Argos General Hospital, Nafplio General Hospital, Tripoli Panarcadian General Hospital Evangelistria, Artas General Hospital, Athens General Hospital G. Gennimatas, Attikon General University Hospital, Athens General Hospital for Thoracic Diseases Sotiria, Athens General Hospital Korgialeneio Benakeio EES, Athens General Hospital Laiko, Athens General Hospital Ippokrateio, Athens General Hospital Alexandra, Athens General Hospital Evangelismos, Athens Hospital for General Pathology Spiliopouleio Agia Eleni, Athens General Hospital Elpis, Athens General Hospital for Oncology Agios Savvas, Athens Hospital for Venereology and Dermatology Andreas Syngros, Athens General Pediatric Hospital Aglaia Kyriakou, Athens General Pediatric Hospital Agia Sofia, Athens General Hospital Pammakaristos, Athens Maternity Hospital El. Venizelos, Piraeus General Hospital for Oncology Metaxas, Piraeus General Hospital Tzaneio, Voula General Hospital Asclepion, Kythira General Hospital, Penteli General Pediatric Hospital, Kifissia General Hospital for Oncology Agii Anargyroi. Attika Psychiatric Hospital Daphni, Attika Psychiatric Hospital Dromokaiteio, Patras General University Hospital Panagia i Voithia, Patras Pediatric Hospital Karamandaneio, Aigio General Hospital, Kalavryta General Hospital, Livadeia General Hospital, Tebe General Hospital, Grevena General Hospital, Drama General Hospital, Rhodes General Hospital, Kos General Hospital Ippokratio, Kalymnos General Hospital Vouvalio, Leros General Hospital, Alexandroupolis General Hospital, Didymoteicho General Hospital, Chalkida General Hospital, Kymi General Hospital, Karystos General Hospital, Karpenisi General Hospital, Zakynthos General Hospital Agios Dionysios, Pyrgos General Hospital, Amaliada General Hospital, Krestenon General Hospital, Verroia General Hospital, Naoussa General Hospital, Heraklion Crete General Hospital Venizelio-Panneio, Heraklion General Hospital, Filiaton General Hospital, Thessaloniki General University Hospital AHEPA, Thessaloniki General Hospital G. Gennimatas, Thessaloniki General Hospital Agios Dimitrios, Thessaloniki Psychiatric Hospital, Thessaloniki General Hospital G. Papanikolaou, Thessaloniki Hospital for Specific Conditions, Thessaloniki Hospital for Oncology Theagenio, Thessaloniki First General Hospital Agios Pavlos, Ioannina General Hospital G. Chatzicosta, Ioannina General University Hospital, Kavala General Hospital, Karditsa General Hospital, Kastoria General Hospital, Corfu General Hospital, Kefalonia General Hospital, Lixouri General Hospital Manzavinateio, Kilkis General Hospital, Goumenissa General Hospital, Kozani Mamatseio General Hospital, Ptolemaida General Hospital Bodosakeio, Corinth General Hospital, Sparta General Hospital, Molai General Hospital, Larissa General Hospital Koutlibanio and Triantafyllion, Ierapetra General Hospital, Neapolis General Hospital Dialinakeio, Siteia General Hospital, Lefkada General Hospital, Volos General Hospital Achillopoulio, Kalamata General Hospital, Kyparissia General Hospital, Xanthi General Hospital, Edessa General Hospital, Yanitsa General Hospital, Katerini General Hospital, Preveza General Hospital, Rethymno General Hospital, Komotini General Hospital Sismanoglio, Serres General Hospital, Trikala General Hospital, Lamia General Hospital, Florina General Hospital, Amfissa General Hospital, Chalkidiki General Hospital, Chania General Hospital Agios Georgios, Chios General Hospital Skylitseio, Elefsina General Hospital Thriasio, Larissa General University Hospital, Mitilenei General Hospital Vostaneio, Thessaloniki General Hospital Hippocrates, Patras General Hospital, Nikaia General Hospital Agios Panteleimon – West Attica General Hospital, Attica General Hospital Sismanoglio-Amalia Fleming, Attica General Hospital KAT, N.Ionia Konstantopouleio General Hospital Patision, Syros Vardakeio and Proio General Hospital, Samos General Hospital Agios Panteleimon, Limnos General Hospital, Naxos General Hospital, Ikaria General Hospital, National Rehabilitation Centre, Agios Nikolaos, Crete, General Hospital, Karpathos General Hospital, Attica Health District, 2nd Health District of Piraeus and the Aegean, 3nd Health District of Macedonia, 4th Health District of Macedonia-Thrace, 5th Health District of Thessaly, 6th Health District of the Peloponnese and Ionia, Epirus and Western Greece, 7a Health District of Crete,

pay private providers of medical equipment and devices within the periods laid down in Article 4(3) and (4)(b) of Directive 2011/7/EU, ¹

the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;

order the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

According to the European Commission, the Hellenic Republic failed to guarantee and continues to fail to guarantee that civil and military hospitals and other health institutions (YPE) in Greece pay private providers of medical equipment and devices within the periods laid down in the relevant provisions of the directive.

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¹ Directive 2011/7/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 on combating late payment in commercial transactions (recast) (OJ 2011 L 48, p. 1).