JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Sixth Chamber) 1. August 2025 (*) ( Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Article 258 TFEU – Work-life balance for parents and carers – Directive (EU) 2019/1158 – Article 20(1) – Failure to transpose and notify transposition measures – Article 260(3) TFEU – Application for the imposition of a lump sum – Criteria for establishing the amount of the penalty ) In Case C‑69/24, ACTION for failure to fulfil obligations under Article 258 and Article 260(3) TFEU, brought on 30 January 2024, European Commission, represented by J. Norris and E. Schmidt, acting as Agents, applicant, v Ireland, represented by M. Browne, Chief State Solicitor, S. Finnegan and A. Joyce, acting as Agents, and by C. Toland, Senior Counsel, and S. Brittain Barrister-at-Law, defendant, THE COURT (Sixth Chamber), composed of A. Kumin, President of the Chamber, F. Biltgen (Rapporteur), President of the First Chamber, and I. Ziemele, Judge, Advocate General: J. Kokott, Registrar: A. Calot Escobar, having regard to the written procedure, having decided, after hearing the Advocate General, to proceed to judgment without an Opinion, gives the following Judgment 1. By its action, the European Commission claims that the Court should: – declare that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive (EU) 2019/1158 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on work-life balance for parents and carers and repealing Council Directive 2010/18/EU (OJ 2019 L 188, p.79), or, in any ... Прочетете още