CELEX: 62008CA0308
Language: en
Date: 2010-05-20 00:00:00
Title: Case C-308/08: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 20 May 2010 — European Commission v Kingdom of Spain (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 92/43/EEC — Conservation of natural habitats — Wild fauna and flora — Protection arrangements before a habitat is placed on the list of sites of Community importance — Article 12(4) — Project for upgrading a country road)

3.7.2010   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 179/3
            
         Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 20 May 2010 — European Commission v Kingdom of Spain
   (Case C-308/08) (1)
   
   (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 92/43/EEC - Conservation of natural habitats - Wild fauna and flora - Protection arrangements before a habitat is placed on the list of sites of Community importance - Article 12(4) - Project for upgrading a country road)
   2010/C 179/04
   Language of the case: Spanish
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: European Commission (represented by: S. Pardo Quintillán and D. Recchia, Agents
   
      Defendant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: N. Díaz Abad, Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Infringement of Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ 1992 L 206, p. 7), interpreted by the judgments of the Court of Justice on 13 January 2005 in Case C-117/03 and on 14 September 2006 in Case C-244/05, and the obligations stemming from Article 12(4) of that directive — Project for improvement of the rural path from Villamanrique de la Condesa (Seville) to El Rocio (Huelva)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the European Commission to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 223, 30.8.2008.