Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 11 November 2010.#European Commission v Italian Republic.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Conservation of wild birds - Directive 79/409/EEC - Derogations from the system of protection for wild birds - Hunting.#Case C-164/09.

Subject of the case

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Infringement of Article 9 of Council Directive 79/409/EEC of 2 April 1979 on the conservation of wild birds (OJ 1979 L 103, p. 1) – Derogations from the system of protection for wild birds – Veneto Region.

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 that 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 pay the costs.