A compensation payment must not be granted to the owner of a peat bog covered by the ‘Natura 2000’ network on the grounds that the owner cannot carry out an agricultural economic activity on that bog, whereas the owner was aware of such a restriction at the time they acquired the property concerned, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled on Thursday 27 January (Cases C-234 & 23/20).
Case C-234/20. In 2002, Sātiņi-S purchased 7.7 hectares of peatland located in a...