(ANSA) - BELGRADE, 02 APR - The Court of Justice of the European Union upheld the actions for failure to fulfil obligations brought by the European Commission and concluded that Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic have failed to fulfil their obligations under European Union law by refusing to comply with the temporary mechanism for the relocation of applicants for international protection. In a judgment published today, the EU Court said that "those Member States can rely neither on their responsibilities concerning the maintenance of law and order and the safeguarding of internal security, nor on the alleged malfunctioning of the relocation mechanism to avoid implementing that mechanism." The Court concluded that "there had been an infringement" by Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic "of a decision adopted by the Council with a view to the relocation, on a mandatory basis, from Greece and Italy of 120,000 applicants for international protection to the other Member States of the European Union." Moreover, "Poland and he Czech Republic had also failed to fulfil their obligations under an earlier decision that the Council had adopted with a view to the relocation, on a voluntary basis, from Greece and Italy of 40,000 applicants for international protection to the other Member States of the European Union." (ANSA).