CELEX: 62004CJ0518
Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations
Directive 92/43/EEC
Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora
Protection of Species

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Infringement of Article 12(1)(b) of Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May
1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ 1992 L 206, p. 7) – Protection of vipers
Vipera Schweizeri
on the island of Milos – Failure to adopt the measures necessary to prohibit disturbance of that species during the period
of breeding and the deterioration or destruction of breeding sites
Operative part:
The Court:
1.
Declares that, by failing to adopt, within the prescribed period, the measures necessary to establish and implement an effective
system of strict protection for the viper Vipera schweizeri on the island of Milos prohibiting deliberate disturbance of that
species, particularly during the period of breeding, rearing and hibernation and deterioration or destruction of breeding
sites or resting places of that species, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 12(1)(b)
and (d) of Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora;
2.
Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.