Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 12/19/2012

Subject: The Court imposed on Ireland a financial penalty for failure to comply with a judgment of the Court concerning the environment. The penalty proposed by the Commission were reduced to take account inter alia of Ireland’s reduced ability to pay in the context of economic crisis.

Parties: Commissione europea c. Irlanda

Classification: Solidarity - Art. 37 Environmental protection

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