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Document C2005/315/09
Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 20 October 2005 in Case C-6/04: Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fufil obligations — Directive 92/43/EEC — Conservation of natural habitats — Wild fauna and flora)
Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 20 October 2005 in Case C-6/04: Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fufil obligations — Directive 92/43/EEC — Conservation of natural habitats — Wild fauna and flora)
Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 20 October 2005 in Case C-6/04: Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fufil obligations — Directive 92/43/EEC — Conservation of natural habitats — Wild fauna and flora)
ĠU C 315, 10.12.2005, p. 5–6
(ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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10.12.2005 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 315/5 |
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(Second Chamber)
of 20 October 2005
in Case C-6/04: Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1)
(Failure of a Member State to fufil obligations - Directive 92/43/EEC - Conservation of natural habitats - Wild fauna and flora)
(2005/C 315/09)
Language of the case: English
In Case C-6/04, Commission of the European Communities (Agents: M. van Beek and L. Flynn) v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Agent: C. Jackson, assisted by K. Smith, Barrister) — Action under Article 226 EC for failure to fulfil obligations, brought on 9 January 2004 — the Court (Second Chamber), composed of C.W.A. Timmermans, President of the Chamber, R. Schintgen, R. Silva de Lapuerta, G. Arestis and J. Klučka (Rapporteur), Judges; J. Kokott, Advocate General; H. von Holstein, Deputy Registrar, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 20 October 2005, in which it:
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Declares that, by failing to adopt, within the prescribed period, all the measures necessary in order to implement completely and correctly the requirements of Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora, and in particular of:
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive; |
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Dismisses the action as to the remainder; |
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Orders the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to pay the costs. |