The European Commission decided, on Wednesday 7 February, to refer Portugal to the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) for failure to comply with a Court judgment condemning it for non-compliance with the requirements of Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (Habitats Directive).
In its judgment of 5 September 2019 (Case C-290/18), the CJEU had ruled that Portugal had failed to designate 61 Sites of Community Importance (SCIs) as Special...