Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 11 December 2008.#Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directives 79/409/EEC and 92/43/EC - Conservation of wild birds - Special protection areas - Insufficient measures of protection.#Case C-293/07.

Subject of the case

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Infringement of Articles 4(1) and (2) of Council Directive 79/409/EEC of 2 April 1979 on the conservation of wild birds (OJ 1979 L 103, p. 1), in conjunction with Article 4(4) of that directive, as amended by Article 6(2) to (4) of Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ 1992 L 206, p. 7) – Lack of protection for Special Protection Areas (SPAs) – Existence of activities likely to damage the integrity of SPAs and have negative consequences for the objectives of conservation of SPAs and of the species for which the areas have been defined.

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1.