Markku Sahlstedt and Others v.Commission of the European Communities Country/Territory European Union, Finland Type of court International court Date Apr 23, 2009 Source UNEP, InforMEA Court name European Court of Justice Seat of court Luxembourg Judge Schiemann, K.Makarczyk, J.Bay Larsen, P.Toader, C.Bot, Y. Reference number C-362/06 P Language Finnish Subject Wild species & ecosystems, Environment gen., Forestry Keyword Ecosystem preservation Environmental standards Agriculture and environment Abstract On 23 April 2009 the ECJ dismissed the appeal brought against an order of the CFI by a number of Finnish landowners. The CFI had dismissed the action for annulment of Commission Decision 2005/101/EC adopting, pursuant to Habitats Directive, the list of sites of Community importance for the Boreal biogeographical region. The CFI had found that the appellants were not directly concerned by the contested decision for the purposes of the fourth paragraph of Article 230 EC and, in consequence, dismissed their action. The ECJ confirmed the inadmissibility of the action by adding that natural or legal persons, who own land within the sites of Community interest, are not individually concerned by the contested decision, since the contested decision was adopted exclusively on the basis of objective biological criteria and not in the light of the specific situation of the landowners Full text Markuu Sahlstedt and others v. European Comission.pdf Website curia.europa.eu