CELEX: 62010CJ0090
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations
'Habitats' directive
Conservation of natural habitats
Wild fauna and flora
Articles 4(4) and 6(1) and (2)
Establishment of priorities for special areas of conservation and of adequate protection thereof
Failure to ensure adequate legal protection of the special areas of conservation in the Canary Islands

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Infringement of Article 4(4) and Article 6(1) and (2) 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) – Sites
of Community importance – Conservation measures – Macaronesian biogeographical region.
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Declares that,
–        by failing to establish, in accordance with Article 4(4) of Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation
of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora, conservation priorities in relation to the special areas of conservation
corresponding to the sites of Community importance for the Macaronesian biogeographical region within Spanish territory and
identified by Commission Decision 2002/11/EC of 28 December 2001 adopting the list of sites of Community importance for the
Macaronesian biogeographical region, pursuant to Council Directive 92/43, and
–        by failing to adopt and apply, in accordance with Article 6(1) and (2) of Directive 92/43, the appropriate conservation measures
and a protection system to prevent the deterioration of habitats and significant disturbance of species, by ensuring the legal
protection of the special areas of conservation covering the sites referred to in Decision 2002/11 situated in Spanish territory,
the Kingdom of Spain has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 4(4) and Article 6(1) and (2) of Directive 92/43;
2.
Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs;
3.
Orders the Republic of Finland to bear its own costs.