Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 26 January 2012.#European Commission v Republic of Poland.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2009/147/EC — Conservation of wild birds — Scope of the system of protection — Derogations from the prohibitions laid down by the directive.#Case C‑192/11.

Subject of the case

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Infringement of Articles 1, 5 and 9(1) and (2) of Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds (OJ 2010 L 20, p. 7) — Field of application — Protection restricted to species of birds occurring in national territory only — Incorrect definition of the conditions for derogating from the prohibitions laid down by the directive.

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Declares that, by failing to apply national conservation measures to all species of birds naturally occurring in the wild state in the European territory of the Member States and entitled to protection under Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds, and likewise by failing to define correctly the conditions to be met in order to be able to derogate from the prohibitions laid down by that directive, the Republic of Poland has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 1, 5 and 9(1) and (2) of that directive;

2. Orders the Republic of Poland to pay the costs.