CELEX: 62019CN0849
Language: en
Date: 2019-11-21 00:00:00
Title: Case C-849/19: Action brought on 21 November 2019 — European Commission v Hellenic Republic

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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 19/36
            
         
      Action brought on 21 November 2019 — European Commission v Hellenic Republic
      (Case C-849/19)
      (2020/C 19/38)
      Language of the case: Greek
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: European Commission (represented by: A. Bouchagiar, C. Hermes)
      
         Defendant: Hellenic Republic
      
         Form of order sought
      
      The applicant claims that the Court should:
      
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                  declare that the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 4(4) and 6(1) of Directive 92/43/EEC (1) and under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union by not adopting within the prescribed periods all the necessary measures for establishing appropriate conservation objectives and appropriate conservation measures in relation to the 239 Sites of Community Importance (SCIs) which are on Greek territory and are included in Commission Decision 2006/613/EC (2) of 19 July 2006;
               
            
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                  order the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.
               
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
      
      The European Commission submits that the Hellenic Republic has not established appropriate conservation objectives within the prescribed periods in relation to the 239 Sites of Community Importance which are on Greek territory.
      Also, the European Commission submits that the Hellenic Republic has not established appropriate conservation measures within the prescribed periods in relation to the 239 Sites of Community Importance which are on Greek territory.
      For those reasons, the Hellenic Republic has infringed Articles 4(4) and 6(1) of Directive 92/43/EEC and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
      
         (1)  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).
      
         (2)  Commission Decision 2006/613/EC of 19 July 2006 adopting, pursuant to Council Directive 92/43/EEC, the list of sites of Community importance for the Mediterranean biogeographical region (OJ 2006 L 259, p. 1).