Judgment_paragraph 10 · Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic (C-423/99)

10In that regard, it must be pointed out that, in accordance with settled case-law, 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, inter alia, Case C-470/98 Commission v Greece [2000] ECR I-4657, paragraph 11).

Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic (C-423/99)

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