CELEX: 62019CA0217
Language: en
Date: 2020-04-23 00:00:00
Title: Case C-217/19: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 23 April 2020 — European Commission v Republic of Finland (Action for failure to fulfil obligations — Directive 2009/147/EC — Conservation of wild birds — Authorisations for spring hunting of male specimens of the ‘common eider’ bird species (Somateria mollissima) in the province of Åland (Finland) — Article 7(4) and Article 9(1)(c) — Concepts of ‘judicious use’ and ‘small numbers’)

13.7.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 230/12
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 23 April 2020 — European Commission v Republic of Finland
      (Case C-217/19) (1)
      
      (Action for failure to fulfil obligations - Directive 2009/147/EC - Conservation of wild birds - Authorisations for spring hunting of male specimens of the ‘common eider’ bird species (Somateria mollissima) in the province of Åland (Finland) - Article 7(4) and Article 9(1)(c) - Concepts of ‘judicious use’ and ‘small numbers’)
      (2020/C 230/15)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: European Commission (represented by: C. Hermes and E. Ljung Rasmussen, acting as Agents)
      
         Defendant: Republic of Finland (represented by: J. Heliskoski, acting as Agent, and J. Bouckaert, D. Gillet and S. François, avocats)
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Declares that, by recurrently granting authorisations for spring hunting of male common eiders (Somateria mollissima) in the province of Åland since 2011 and up to and including 2019, the Republic of Finland failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 7(4) and Article 9(l)(c) of Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders the Republic of Finland to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 172, 20.5.2019.