Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 26 January 2012.#European Commission v Republic of Slovenia.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Direct insurance other than life assurance — Directives 73/239/EEC and 92/49/EEC — Incorrect and incomplete transposition.#Case C‑185/11.

Subject of the case

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Infringement of Articles 56 and 63 of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union — Infringement of Article 8(3) of First Council Directive 73/239/EEC of 24 July 1973 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the taking-up and pursuit of the business of direct insurance other than life assurance (OJ 1973 L 228, p. 3) and of Articles 29 and 39 of Council Directive 92/49/EEC of 18 June 1992 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to direct insurance other than life assurance and amending Directives 73/239/EEC and 88/357/EEC (third non-life insurance Directive; OJ 1992 L 228, p. 1)

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Declares that, by transposing into national law incorrectly and incompletely First Council Directive 73/239/EEC of 24 July 1973 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the taking-up and pursuit of the business of direct insurance other than life assurance, as amended by Directive 2005/68/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 16 November 2005, and Council Directive 92/49/EEC of 18 June 1992 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to direct insurance other than life assurance and amending directives 73/239/EEC and 88/357/EEC (third non‑life insurance Directive), as amended by Directive 2005/68, the Republic of Slovenia has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 8(3) of Directive 73/239 and Articles 29 and 39 of Directive 92/49;

2. Dismisses the remainder of the action;

3. Orders the European Commission and the Republic of Slovenia to bear their own costs.