19 Member States subjected to infringement proceedings except more recent Member States: Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia. 1981 – 2002: the number of infringement proceedings is very different from on Member State to another: just one judgement for Denmark, Finland, Poland, Malta, Cyprus, compared to 19 cases for Spain, 19 for Italy, 16 Portuguese Republic, 14 for Greece, 13 for France (…).