CELEX: 62009CA0383
Language: en
Date: 2011-06-09 00:00:00
Title: Case C-383/09: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 9 June 2011 — European Commission v French Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Habitats Directive — Inadequacy of measures taken to protect the species Cricetus cricetus (European hamster) — Deterioration of habitats)

30.7.2011   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 226/3
            
         Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 9 June 2011 — European Commission v French Republic
   (Case C-383/09) (1)
   
   (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Habitats Directive - Inadequacy of measures taken to protect the species Cricetus cricetus (European hamster) - Deterioration of habitats)
   2011/C 226/04
   Language of the case: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: European Commission (represented by: O. Beynet and D. Recchia, Agents)
   
      Defendant: French Republic (represented by: G. de Bergues and S. Menez, Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Failure to take the measures necessary to comply with Article 12(1)(d) of Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora de (OJ 1992 L 206, p. 7) — Inadequacy of measures taken to protect the species Cricetus cricetus (European Hamster) — Deterioration of habitats
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Declares that, by failing to establish a programme of measures to ensure strict protection of the European hamster (Cricetus cricetus), the French Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 12(1)(d) of Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora, as amended by Council Directive 2006/105/EC of 20 November 2006;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the French Republic to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 312, 19.12.2009.