62020CJ0659_SUM
Case C‑659/20
ET
v
Ministerstvo životního prostředí
(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud)
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 8 September 2022
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein – Regulation (EC) No 338/97 – Article 8(3)(d) – Concept of ‘specimens of animal species that are born and bred in captivity’ – Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 – Article 1(3) – Concept of ‘breeding stock’ – Article 54(2) – Establishment of the breeding stock – Controlled ancestry)
Environment – International trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora – Regulation No 338/97 – Exemptions from the prohibition of trade – Species listed in Annex A to Regulation No 338/97 – Breeding stock – Concept
(Council Regulation No 338/97, Art. 8(3)(d); Commission Regulation No 865/2006, Arts 1, point 3, and 54, point 2)
(see paragraphs 42-44, operative part 1)
Environment – International trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora – Regulation No 338/97 – Exemptions from the prohibition of trade – Species listed in Annex A to Regulation No 338/97 – Specimens of animal species that are born and bred in captivity – Concept
(Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 17; Council Regulation No 338/97, Art. 8(3); Commission Regulation No 865/2006, Art. 54, point 2)
(see paragraphs 51-71, operative part 2)
See the text of the decision.