Case C-900/19

DECISION

Title: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 March 2021. Association One Voice and Ligue pour la protection des oiseaux v Ministre de la Transition écologique et solidaire. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Directive 2009/147/EC – Conservation of wild birds – Articles 5 and 8 – Prohibition of the use of any method of capture of birds – Article 9(1) – Authorisation to use, by way of derogation, a traditional method of capture of birds – Conditions – No other satisfactory solution – Preservation of that traditional method as the sole justification for the absence of an ‘other satisfactory solution’ – Selectivity of catches – National legislation authorising the capture of birds using limes. Case C-900/19.
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2021:211
Judge-Rapporteur: Toader
Type of procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Complementary documents:: Communication published in the Official Journal

Abstract

17/03/2021

Title: Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 19 November 2020. Association One Voice and Ligue pour la protection des oiseaux v Ministre de la Transition écologique et solidaire. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Directive 2009/147/EC – Conservation of wild birds – Articles 5 and 8 – Prohibition of the use of any method of capture of birds – Article 9(1) – Authorisation to use, by way of derogation, a traditional method of capture of birds – Conditions – No other satisfactory solution – Preservation of that traditional method as the sole justification for the absence of an ‘other satisfactory solution’ – Selectivity of catches – National legislation authorising the capture of birds using limes. Case C-900/19.
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2020:941
Advocate General: Kokott

19/11/2020

Title: Case C-900/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (France) lodged on 6 December 2019 — One Voice, Ligue pour la protection des oiseaux v Ministre de la Transition écologique et solidaire

17/02/2020