In interpreting Article 260(3) of the TFEU for the first time, the Court of Justice of the European Union ordered Belgium to pay a penalty payment of €5,000 per day for failure to comply with the obligation to communicate measures transposing an EU directive, in a judgment delivered on Monday 8 July (Case C-543/17).
Introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon, Article 260(3) of the TFEU aims to provide Member States with a stronger incentive to transpose directives within the deadlines set by the...