REPORTS
Late reporting by Greece on updates to programmes of measures under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive – infringement: INFR(2022)2176
Each Member State of the European Union must fully apply EU law. The body responsible for identifying possible violations of EU law is the European Commission.
Where a Member State does not apply EU law and breaches its obligations under the EU Treaties, the European Commission may open a formal infringement procedure under Articles 258 and 260 TFEU (see details on the infringement procedure here).
As mentioned in the “February infringements package: main decisions 15-2-2023”, the European Commission decided to send a letter of formal notice to Greece for non-compliance with Directive 2008/56/EC establishing a framework for Community action in the field of marine environment policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive), which required Member States to review and update their programmes of measures by 31 March 2022.
However, Greece was among the countries that did not submit reports to the Commission on the review of their programmes of measures within the required deadlines. Information about this procedure and the European Commission’s decisions regarding the infringement in question can be found on the European Commission’s website by entering INFR(2022)2176 in the ‘Infringement number’ field.
The application of EU law is an obligation of the Member States of the European Union. If infringements of EU law are identified, the European Commission may take a series of actions against the Member State concerned to ensure the correct and full application of EU law by opening infringement proceedings under Articles 258 and 260 TFEU.
In February 2023, the European Commission decided to send a letter of formal notice to Greece for non-compliance with the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (Directive 2008/56/EC).
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