Brussels, 04/04/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has decided to move to the last stage of the infringement procedure against Finland for persistent non-compliance with Directive 79/409/EEC relating to the conservation of wild birds. This directive, while authorising hunting, introduces strict rules to protect birds in their periods of great vulnerability (migration, breeding and period of dependence for the young), and thereby strives to conserve species for which hunting is...