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Vogelbescherming Nederland a.o. v. Minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit

Country/Territory
Netherlands
Type of court
National - higher court
Date
Mar 22, 2006
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Court name
European Court of Justice
Seat of court
Luxembourg
Judge
Veltman, J.
Tentij, M.
van Oost, J.C.
de Groot
Kuijpers, E.M.B.
Reference number
200506050/1
Language
Dutch
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems, Environment gen.
Keyword
Traceability/product tracing Protected plant species Protected animal species Protected fish species Food quality control/food safety Agricultural development Protected area Protection of species Agriculture and environment Agricultural commodities Agricultural land
Abstract
The Dutch Minister of Agriculture, Nature Management and Food Quality should not have issued a licence to companies that wanted to introduce Irish mussels and oysters in the Oosterschelde, a protected nature area. It was not demonstrated that this would not have significant effects on a protected nature area. The Minister should have made the plans/projects subject to appropriate assessments of their implications for the site in view of the site’s conservation objectives, in line with the explanations given to the Habitats directive in ECJ Case C-127/02.
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