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Commission of the European Communities v Ireland (C-418/04)
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The action
The first complaint: inadequate number…
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37

Commission of the European Communities v Ireland (C-418/04)

Judgment of 13 Dec 2007law://eu/cjeu/2004/c-418-04/para_37@2026-11-12

37Secondly, Member States are obliged to classify as SPAs all the sites which, in accordance with the ornithological criteria, appear to be the most suitable for conservation of the species in question (Case C-3/96 Commission v Netherlands [1998] ECR I-3031, paragraph 62).

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

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Court: Court of Justice · Second Chamber
Case: C-418/04 · ECLI:EU:C:2007:780
Decided: 13 Dec 2007
Procedure: Infringement action
Applicant: Commission of the European Communities
Defendant: Ireland
Rapporteur: P. Kūris
Advocate General: J. Kokott
Bench: 4 judges
L. Bay Larsen, R. Schintgen, R. Silva de Lapuerta, P. Kūris
Language: English
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62004CJ0418

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Cited by 13: Elliniki Ornithologiki Etaireia and Others v Ypourgos Esoterikon and Others (C-66/23); Friends of the Irish Environment Ltd v An Bord Pleanála (C-254/19)2 provisions; Coöperatie Mobilisation for the Environment UA and Vereniging Leefmilieu v College van gedeputeerde staten van Limburg and College van gedeputeerde staten van Gelderland (C-293/17, C-294/17); European Commission v Republic of Bulgaria (C-97/17); European Commission v Republic of Poland (C-441/17); European Commission v Republic of Bulgaria (C-141/14)2 provisions; European Commission v French Republic (C-237/12); Cascina Tre Pini Ss v Ministero dell’Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare and Others (C-301/12)2 provisions; Nomarchiaki Aftodioikisi Aitoloakarnanias and Others v Ipourgos Perivallontos, Chorotaxias kai Dimosion ergon and Others (C-43/10)3 provisions; Syllogos Ellinon Poleodomon kai Khorotakton v Ipourgos Perivallontos, Khorotaxias & Dimosion Ergon and Others (C-177/11)2 provisions; European Commission v Kingdom of Spain (C-404/09)2 provisions; European Commission v Kingdom of Belgium (C-538/09)2 provisions; European Commission v Republic of Austria (C-535/07)5 provisions
Cites 23: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora; Landelijke Vereniging tot Behoud van de Waddenzee and Nederlandse Vereniging tot Bescherming van Vogels v Staatssecretaris van Landbouw, Natuurbeheer en Visserij (C-127/02); Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control; Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of the Netherlands (C-3/96); Commission of the European Communities v Ireland (C-392/96); Council Directive 79/409/EEC of 2 April 1979 on the conservation of wild birds; Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (C-6/04); Commission of the European Communities v French Republic (C-374/98); Commission of the European Communities v Ireland (C-117/00); Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic (262/85); WWF Italia and Others v Regione Lombardia (C-60/05); Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic (C-456/03); Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic (C-378/01); Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain (C-355/90); Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain (C-235/04); Commission of the European Communities v Ireland (C-282/02); Commission of the European Communities v French Republic (C-296/01); Commission of the European Communities v Federal Republic of Germany (C-361/88); Commission Directive 97/49/EC of 29 July 1997 amending Council Directive 79/409/EEC on the conservation of wild birds; Commission of the European Communities v French Republic (C-166/97); Commission of the European Communities v French Republic (C-38/99); Commission of the European Communities v Portuguese Republic (C-191/05)