Speakers‘ contributions: EU Nature Protection Legislation – Focus on Site Protection

Setting the scene

• Introduction to the EU Nature law
• Habitats and Birds Directives in the light of the CJEU case law

Legal framework on completion of the network and the establishment of conservation measures

• Designation of Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) and Special Protection Areas (SPAs)
• Obligations of special conservation measures
• Case study on designation and establishment of conservation measures combining the Habitats and Birds Directives

Article 6 of the Habitats Directive

• Implementation of Article 6 of the Habitats Directive
• Case study on implementation of Article 6(3) and (4) of the Habitatsb Directive
• Interaction between Article 6 and other assessment procedures under EU Environmental law

Enforcement at national level

• Role of a judge when dealing with files on EU Nature Protection
• Case study on Habitats Directive – focus on the preliminary ruling

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