# C_2013055EN.01000301.xml

| 23.2.2013 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 55/3 |
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23.2.2013

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 55/3

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Request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State (Nederland) lodged on 19 November 2012 — T.C. Briels and Others v Minister van Infrastructuur en Milieu

(Case C-521/12)

2013/C 55/04

Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Referring court

Raad van State

Parties to the main proceedings

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicants: T.C. Briels, M. Briels-Loermans, R.L.P. Buchholtz, Stichting A2-Platform Boxtel e.o.and Others, H.W.G. Cox, G.P.A. Damman, P.A.M. Goevaers and Others, J.H. van Haaren en L.S.P. Dijkman, R.A.H.M. Janssen, M.M. van Lanschot, J.E.A.M. Lelijveld and Others, A. Mes and Others, A.J.J. Michels, VOF Isphording and Others, M. Peijnenborg en S. Peijnenborg-van Oers, G. Oude Elferink, W. Punte en P.M. Punte-Cammaert, Stichting Reinier van Arkel, E. de Ridder, W.C.M.A.J.G. van Rijckevorsel en M. van Rijckevorsel-van Asch van Wijck, Vereniging tot Behoud van het Groene Hart van Brabant en Stichting Boom en Bosch, Stichting Overlast A2 Vught e.o., Streekraad Het Groene Woud en De Meijerij, A.C.M.W. Teulings en Stichting Bleijendijk, M. Tilman, Vereniging van Eigenaars Appartementengebouw De Heun I and Others, M.C.T. Veroude, E.J.A.M. Widlak, Van Roosmalen Sales BV and Others, M.A.A. van Kessel, Bricorama BV and Others

Applicants:

Defendant: Minister van Infrastructuur en Milieu

Defendant:

Other parties to the proceedings: Burgemeester en Wethouders van Best, Burgemeester en Wethouders van Boxtel

Other parties to the proceedings:

Questions referred

Questions referred

| 1. | Is the phrase ‘not adversely affect the integrity of the site’ in Article 6(3) of Council Directive 92/43/EEC (1) of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora to be interpreted as meaning that where the project adversely affects the area of a protected natural habitat type within the site, the integrity of the site is not adversely affected if in the framework of the project an area of that natural habitat type of equal or similar size is created within that site? |
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Is the phrase ‘not adversely affect the integrity of the site’ in Article 6(3) of Council Directive 92/43/EEC (1) of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora to be interpreted as meaning that where the project adversely affects the area of a protected natural habitat type within the site, the integrity of the site is not adversely affected if in the framework of the project an area of that natural habitat type of equal or similar size is created within that site?

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| 2. | If the answer to the first question is that the phrase ‘not adversely affect the integrity of the site’ is to be interpreted as meaning that the integrity of the Natura 2000 site is affected, is the creation of a new area of a natural habitat type then to be regarded in that case as a compensatory measure within the meaning of Article 6(4) of the directive? |
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If the answer to the first question is that the phrase ‘not adversely affect the integrity of the site’ is to be interpreted as meaning that the integrity of the Natura 2000 site is affected, is the creation of a new area of a natural habitat type then to be regarded in that case as a compensatory measure within the meaning of Article 6(4) of the directive?

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(1)  OJ L 206, p. 7.

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