Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per la Puglia (Italy) lodged on 4 January 2010 — Azienda Agro-Zootecnica Franchini s.a.r.l. and Eolica di Altamura s.r.l. v Regione Puglia

(Case C-2/10)

2010/C 63/54

Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per la Puglia

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicants: Azienda Agro-Zootecnica Franchini s.a.r.l. and Eolica di Altamura s.r.l.

Defendant: Regione Puglia

Question referred

Is Article 1(1226) of Law No 296 of 27 December 2006, in conjunction with the first paragraph of Article 5 of the decreto del Ministero dell’ambiente e della tutela del territorio e del mare (Decree of the Ministry for the Protection of the Environment, Land and Sea) of 17 October 2007 and with Article 2(6) of Regional Law No 31 of Apulia of 21 October 2008, compatible with Community law, and in particular with the principles which may be inferred from Directives 2001/77/EC (1) and 2009/28/EC (2) (concerning renewable energies) and Directives 79/409/EEC (3) and 92/43/EEC (4) (concerning the protection of birds and natural habitats), in so far as those provisions absolutely prohibit, without distinction, the location of wind turbines not intended for self-consumption in the sites of Community importance (SCIs) and special protection areas (SPAs) comprising the ‘Natura 2000’ ecological network, instead of requiring an appropriate environmental impact assessment to be carried out to analyse the impact of an individual project on the particular site affected?

(1)  OJ 2001 L 283, p. 33.

(2)  OJ 2009 L 140, p. 16.

(3)  OJ 1979 L 103, p. 1.

(4)  OJ 1992 L 206, p. 7.