CELEX: C2004/156/06
Language: en
Date: 2004-06-12 00:00:00
Title: Case C-166/04: Action brought on 2 April 2004 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Hellenic Republic

12.6.2004   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 156/3
            
         Action brought on 2 April 2004 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Hellenic Republic
   (Case C-166/04)
   (2004/C 156/06)
   An action against the Hellenic Republic was brought before the Court of Justice of the European Communities on 2 April 2004 by the Commission of the European Communities, represented by Maria Patakia and Michel Van Beek, Legal Advisers in its Legal Service.
   The Commission claims that the Court should:
   
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               declare that, by failing to take all the measures necessary for laying down and implementing a cohesive, specific and integrated legal regime capable of ensuring sustainable management and effective protection of Special Protection Area GR2310001 ‘Acheloos Delta, Messolonghi/Aitolikon Lagoon and the estuary of the River Evinos and Echinades Islands’, in the light of the conservation objectives of Directive 79/409/EEC on the conservation of wild birds, (1) the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 4(1) and (2) of that directive;
            
         
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               order the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
   In accordance with settled case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, a Member State cannot plead internal circumstances or difficulties to justify its failure to comply with obligations and time-limits flowing from Community law.
   
      (1)  OJ L 103, 25.4.1979, p. 1.