Judgment_paragraph 27 · SC Valoris SRL v Direcţia Generală Regională a Finanţelor Publice Craiova – Administraţia Judeţeană a Finanţelor Publice Vâlcea and Administraţia Fondului pentru Mediu (C-677/19)

27However, the Court has already held that, depending on the cases examined, a time limit of one year imposed for lodging applications or bringing actions based on an infringement of EU law does not in itself appear unreasonable, provided, however, that the starting point of that time limit is not fixed in such a way as to make it impossible in practice or excessively difficult for the person concerned to exercise rights conferred by EU law. Thus, a time limit of one year for bringing an action for compensation of damage sustained as a result of the belated transposition of a directive has been regarded as compatible with the principle of effectiveness (see, to that effect, judgment of 16 July 2009, Visciano, C‑69/08, EU:C:2009:468, paragraphs 45 to 50).