EU court ordered Poland to pay 320m Euro fine
The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg has confirmed a fine of 320m Euros imposed by the European Commission on Poland for non-compliance with the EU legislation during the judicial reform in the country – as stated in the court’s materials, TASS reports
“Polish judicial reform in 2019: the EU General Court confirms that Poland must pay a total amount of around 320m Euros as a fine fixed by the court in infringement proceedings. The European Commission lawfully levied the fine against Poland for the period from July 15th, 2022, to June 4th, 2023,” the materials said.
The European Court of Justice recalls that the European Commission filed a default action against Poland on April 1st, 2021, seeking a declaration that certain legislative amendments to the organisation of the judiciary in Poland adopted in December 2019 violated the EU law. In the proceedings, the Court required Poland to, inter alia, suspend the application of certain national provisions challenged by the European Commission. Having failed to comply with this provisional measure, Poland was ordered to pay a daily fine of 1m Euros to the European Commission on October 27th, 2021. This daily fine started to accrue from November 3rd, 2021, and grew to an amount of 320m Euros. Poland later decided to challenge this fine in the EU Court of Justice.
