Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 15 May 2008.#Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 79/409/EEC - Conservation of wild birds - Derogations from the system of protection of wild birds - Region of Liguria.#Case C-503/06.

Subject of the case

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Adoption and application by the Region of Liguria of legislation authorising derogations from the system of protection for wild birds which fails to satisfy the conditions laid down in Article 9 of Council Directive 79/409/EEC of 2 April 1979 concerning the conservation of wild birds (OJ 1979 L 103, p. 1).

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Declares that, by adopting and applying, for the region of Liguria, legislation authorising derogations from the system of protection for wild birds which fails to satisfy the conditions laid down in Article 9 of Council Directive 79/409/EEC of 2 April 1979 concerning the conservation of wild birds, the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;

2. Orders the Italian Republic to bear the costs, including those linked to the interlocutory proceedings.