CELEX: 62008CA0259
Language: en
Date: 2009-01-15 00:00:00
Title: Case C-259/08: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 15 January 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 79/409/EEC — Conservation of wild birds — Preservation and maintenance of habitats — Classification of special protection areas — Prohibition of hunting and capture — Incorrect transposition)

7.3.2009   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 55/5
            
         Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 15 January 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic
   (Case C-259/08) (1)
   
   (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 79/409/EEC - Conservation of wild birds - Preservation and maintenance of habitats - Classification of special protection areas - Prohibition of hunting and capture - Incorrect transposition)
   (2009/C 55/07)
   Language of the case: Greek
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: M. Patakia and D. Recchia, acting as Agents)
   
      Defendant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: E. Skandalou, Agent)
   Re:
   Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to transpose Article 3(1) of Council Directive 79/409/EEC of 2 April 1979 on the conservation of wild birds (OJ 1979 L 103, p. 1) — Incorrect transposition of Article 3(2), Article 4(1), Article 5 and Article 8(1) of that directive
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Declares that, by failing to take all the measures necessary to transpose fully and/or correctly the obligations under Article 3(1) and (2), Article 4(1), Article 5 and Article 8(1) of Council Directive 79/409/EEC of 2 April 1979 on the conservation of wild birds, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under those provisions;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 209 of 15.8.2008.