Case C-140/06: Order of the President of the Sixth Chamber of the Court of 21 May 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Czech Republic
Date: 2007-08-04
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Czechia, European Commission, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, action programme, dissemination of information, evaluation method, national implementing measure, noise, noise protection, nuisance

C 183/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

4.8.2007

Form of order sought

The Court is asked to:

— declare that, by failing to take all the measures necessary to
establish and apply a coherent, specific and integrated legal
regime capable of ensuring viable management and effective
protection of areas designated as Special Protection Areas, in
the light of the conservation objectives of Council Directive
79/409/EEC (1) of 2 April 1979 on the conservation of wild
birds, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations
under Article 4(1) and (2),
in conjunction with the first
sentence of Article 4(4) of that directive, as amended by
Article 6(2) to (4) of Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May
1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild
fauna and flora

— order the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

Order of the President of the Court of 10 May 2007 —
the European Communities v Italian
Commission of

Republic

(Case C-61/06) (1)

(2007/C 183/48)

Language of the case: Italian

The President of
removed from the register.

the Court has ordered that

the case be

(1) OJ C 86, 8.4.2006.

Order of the President of the Sixth Chamber of the Court
the European
of 21 May 2007 — Commission of

Communities v Czech Republic

(Case C-140/06) (1)

(2007/C 183/49)

Language of the case: Czech

On the basis of a large number of complaints, Parliamentary
questions and petitions, the Commission maintains that the
Hellenic Republic is not properly applying the provisions of
Directive 79/409/EEC which requires measures to be taken for
the conservation of wild bird habitats and for the avoidance of
their pollution and deterioration.

The President of the Sixth Chamber has ordered that the case be
removed from the register.

(1) OJ C 108, 6.5.2006.

In the Commission's view, the infringement of the directive
consists in the lack of protection for Special Protection Areas
(SPAs) and also the existence of activities which may damage
their integrity and have significant negative consequences for
the objectives of conservation of SPAs and of the species for
which the areas have been defined.

The argument of the Greek authorities that the existing legisla-
tive framework ensures to a satisfactory degree the protection of
all types of wild birds and their respective habitats is countered
by the Commission with the argument that that framework
does not constitute a specific and effective protection framework
for all SPAs.

(1) OJ L 103 of 25.4.1979, p. 1.

Order of the President of the Court of 23 May 2007 —
the European Communities v Hellenic
Commission of

Republic

(Case C-297/06) (1)

(2007/C 183/50)

Language of the case: Greek

The President of
removed from the register.

the Court has ordered that

the case be

(1) OJ C 212, 2.9.2006.