Judgment_paragraph 40 · European Commission v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (C-530/11)

40The Court has also held that, although the reasoned opinion must contain a coherent and detailed statement of the reasons which led the Commission to conclude that the State in question has failed to fulfil one of its obligations under the FEU Treaty, the letter of formal notice cannot be subject to such strict requirements of precision, since it cannot, of necessity, contain anything more than an initial brief summary of the complaints. There is therefore nothing to prevent the Commission from setting out in detail in the reasoned opinion the complaints which it has already made more generally in the letter of formal notice (see, to this effect, Commission v Spain, paragraph 29).

European Commission v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (C-530/11)

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