Opinion of the Advocate General — ECLI:EU:C:2001:581
Date: 2001-10-25
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Environment
Procedure: Action for failure to fulfil obligations - successful
Origin: Greece

Summary of the Judgment 
1. Actions for failure to fulfil obligations — Examination of the merits by the Court — 
Situation to be taken into account — Situation at the end of the period laid down in 
the reasoned opinion 
(Art. 226 EC) 
2. Environment — Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora — 
Directive 92/43 — Strict protection of the species listed in Annex IV(a) — Measures 
necessary to establish a system of protection 
(Council Directive 92/43, Art. 12(1)(b) and (d) and Annex IV(a)) 
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