Judgment_paragraph 10 · Commission of the European Communities v French Republic (C-319/99)

10In that regard, the Court would point out, first, that, according to settled caselaw, a Member State may not plead provisions, practices or circumstances existing in its internal legal system in order to justify a failure to comply with the obligations and time-limits laid down in a directive (see, in particular, Case C-470/98 Commission v Greece [2000] ECR I-4657, paragraph 11) and, second, that the governments of the Member States participate in the preparatory work for directives and must therefore be in a position to prepare within the period prescribed the legislative provisions necessary for their implementation (see Case 301/81 Commission v Belgium [1983] ECR 467, paragraph 11).

Commission of the European Communities v French Republic (C-319/99)

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