Brussels, 29/03/2011 (Agence Europe) - In its ruling on the 29 March case, the General Court decided that during the recovery of a fine, the Commission was not in a position to assess conformity with national legislation and EU law itself. This evaluation is the exclusive competency of the European Court of Justice. The Commission must therefore begin a new preliminary procedure to rectify this shortcoming and take action on the basis of infringement procedures.
On 14 October 2004, the...