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Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 13 July 2023.
AS 'Latvijas valsts meži' v Dabas aizsardzības pārvalde and Vides pārraudzības valsts birojs.
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administratīvā rajona tiesa.
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora – Directive 92/43/EEC – Article 6(3) – Concept of ‘plan or project’ on a protected site – Intervention in a forest to protect it from fire – Need to carry out a prior assessment of the implications of that intervention for the site concerned.
Case C-434/22.

Court reports – general

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2023:595

Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 12 May 2022.

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2022:383

Commission Notice Guidance document on the strict protection of animal species of Community interest under the Habitats Directive 2021/C 496/01

C/2021/7301

OJ C 496, 09/12/2021, p. 1–109 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

OJ C 496, 09/12/2021, p. 1–109

Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 15 March 2012.
European Commission v Republic of Poland.
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 92/43/EEC — Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora — Inadequate protection of certain species, in particular the otter (Lutra lutra.
Case C-46/11.

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2012:146

Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 10 September 2020.
Föreningen Skydda Skogen and Others v Länsstyrelsen i Västra Götalands län and Others.
Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Vänersborgs tingsrätt, mark- och miljödomstolen.
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Directive 92/43/EEC – Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora – Article 12(1) – Directive 2009/147/EC – Conservation of wild birds – Article 5 – Forestry – Prohibitions intended to ensure the conservation of protected species – Plan for final felling of trees – Site hosting protected species.
Joined Cases C-473/19 and C-474/19.

Court reports – general

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2020:699

Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 2 July 2020.
IE v Magistrat der Stadt Wien.
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wien.
Reference for a preliminary ruling — Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora — Directive 92/43/EEC — Article 12(1) — System of strict protection for animal species — Annex IV — Cricetus cricetus (European hamster) — Resting places and breeding sites — Deterioration or destruction — Areas which have been abandoned.
Case C-477/19.

Court reports – general

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2020:517

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 29 July 2019.
Inter-Environnement Wallonie ASBL and Bond Beter Leefmilieu Vlaanderen ASBL v Conseil des ministres.
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour constitutionnelle.
Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Espoo Convention — Aarhus Convention — Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora — Directive 92/43/EEC — Article 6(3) — Definition of ‘project’ — Assessment of the effects on the site concerned — Article 6(4) — Meaning of ‘imperative reasons of overriding public interest’ — Conservation of wild birds — Directive 2009/147/EC — Assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment — Directive 2011/92/EU — Article 1(2)(a) — Definition of ‘project’ — Article 2(1) — Article 4(1) — Environmental impact assessment — Article 2(4) — Exemption from assessment — Phasing out of nuclear energy — National legislation providing, first, for restarting industrial production of electricity for a period of almost 10 years at a nuclear power station that had previously been shut down, with the effect of deferring by 10 years the date initially set by the national legislature for deactivating and ceasing production at that power station, and second, for deferral, also by 10 years, of the date initially set by the legislature for deactivating and ceasing industrial production of electricity at an active power station — No environmental impact assessment.
Case C-411/17.

Court reports – general – 'Information on unpublished decisions' section

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2019:622

Opinion of Advocate General Saugmandsgaard Øe delivered on 28 February 2019.
European Commission v Hellenic Republic.
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Article 258 TFEU — Article 49 TFEU — Directive 2006/123/EC — Article 15(2) and (3) — Directive 2005/36/EC — Articles 13, 14, 50 and Annex VII — Freedom of establishment — Recognition of professional qualifications — National rules on mediator training providers.
Case C-729/17.

Court reports – general – 'Information on unpublished decisions' section

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2019:169

Managing Natura 2000 sites — The provisions of Article 6 of the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC

C/2018/7621

OJ C 33, 25/01/2019, p. 1–62 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

OJ C 33, 25/01/2019, p. 1–62

Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 29 November 2018.
Inter-Environnement Wallonie ASBL and Bond Beter Leefmilieu Vlaanderen ASBL v Conseil des ministres.
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour constitutionnelle.
Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Espoo Convention — Aarhus Convention — Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora — Directive 92/43/EEC — Article 6(3) — Definition of ‘project’ — Assessment of the effects on the site concerned — Article 6(4) — Meaning of ‘imperative reasons of overriding public interest’ — Conservation of wild birds — Directive 2009/147/EC — Assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment — Directive 2011/92/EU — Article 1(2)(a) — Definition of ‘project’ — Article 2(1) — Article 4(1) — Environmental impact assessment — Article 2(4) — Exemption from assessment — Phasing out of nuclear energy — National legislation providing, first, for restarting industrial production of electricity for a period of almost 10 years at a nuclear power station that had previously been shut down, with the effect of deferring by 10 years the date initially set by the national legislature for deactivating and ceasing production at that power station, and second, for deferral, also by 10 years, of the date initially set by the legislature for deactivating and ceasing industrial production of electricity at an active power station — No environmental impact assessment.
Case C-411/17.

Court reports – general – 'Information on unpublished decisions' section

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2018:972