# C_2005315EN.01000502.xml

| 10.12.2005 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 315/5 |
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JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Second Chamber)

of 20 October 2005

in Case C-6/04: Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland( 1 )

(Failure of a Member State to fufil obligations - Directive 92/43/EEC - Conservation of natural habitats - Wild fauna and flora)

(2005/C 315/09)

Language of the case: English

In Case C-6/04, Commission of the European Communities (Agents: M. van Beek and L. Flynn) v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Agent: C. Jackson, assisted by K. Smith, Barrister) — Action under Article 226 EC for failure to fulfil obligations, brought on 9 January 2004 — the Court (Second Chamber), composed of C.W.A. Timmermans, President of the Chamber, R. Schintgen, R. Silva de Lapuerta, G. Arestis and J. Klučka (Rapporteur), Judges; J. Kokott, Advocate General; H. von Holstein, Deputy Registrar, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 20 October 2005, in which it:

| 1. | Declares that, by failing to adopt, within the prescribed period, all the measures necessary in order to implement completely and correctly the requirements of Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora, and in particular of:
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Article 6(2), as regards Gibraltar, —
Article 6(3) and (4), as regards water abstraction plans and projects and land use plans, —
Article 11, —
Article 12(1)(d), as regards Gibraltar, —
Article 12(2), —
Article 12(4), —
Article 13(1), —
Article 14(2), —
Article 15, —
Article 16, —
the whole of Directive 92/43 beyond its territorial waters, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive; | — | Article 6(2), as regards Gibraltar, | — | Article 6(3) and (4), as regards water abstraction plans and projects and land use plans, | — | Article 11, | — | Article 12(1)(d), as regards Gibraltar, | — | Article 12(2), | — | Article 12(4), | — | Article 13(1), | — | Article 14(2), | — | Article 15, | — | Article 16, | — | the whole of Directive 92/43 beyond its territorial waters, |
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| — | Article 6(2), as regards Gibraltar, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | Article 6(3) and (4), as regards water abstraction plans and projects and land use plans, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | Article 11, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | Article 12(1)(d), as regards Gibraltar, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | Article 12(2), | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | Article 12(4), | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | Article 13(1), | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | Article 14(2), | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | Article 15, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | Article 16, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | the whole of Directive 92/43 beyond its territorial waters, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

| 2. | Dismisses the action as to the remainder; |
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| 3. | Orders the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to pay the costs. |
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( 1 )  OJ C 59, 06.03.2004.

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