Brussels (The Brussels Morning Newspaper) – The European Commission takes measures to ensure the complete and timely transposition of EU directives.
The European Commission is adopting a package of infringement measures due to the lack of communication by Member States of actions taken to transpose EU directives into national law. The EU Commission is sending a letter of formal notification to those Member States that have failed to report national measures transposing directives, and whose transposition deadline passed recently.
There are 26 Member States that have not yet reported full transposition steps for five EU directives in the area of justice, financial stability, energy and environment. Member States involved now have two months to reply to the letters of formal notice and achieve their transposition, or the Commission may decide to give a reasoned opinion.
What actions is the EU Commission taking against non-compliance?
The EU Commission calls on IRELAND and AUSTRIA to announce measures fully transposing the provisions of the Directive on Restructuring and Insolvency as follows the use of electronic means of transmission in insolvency proceedings
The EU Commission calls on SPAIN to completely transpose the Work-life balance Directive.
Spain has not conveyed to the Commission full transposition of the provision into its national law. The Commission is therefore transmitting a letter of formal notice to Spain, which now has two months to answer and address the shortcomings raised by the Commission. In the lack of a satisfactory response, the Commission may decide to give a reasoned opinion.
The EU Commission calls on 17 Member States to completely transpose the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive. The 17 Member States (Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Spain, Cyprus, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia and Finland) have not yet transmitted full transposition into national law of the provisions of the CSRD.
The Commission calls on Member States to transpose approved rules to accelerate licensing procedures for renewable energy projects. The Commission is therefore transmitting letters of formal notice to Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland and Sweden. They now have two months to answer and complete their transposition.
Moreover, the Commission calls on PORTUGAL and SLOVAKIA to fully transpose directives banning certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment.
