Brussels, 13/02/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has decided to cross another stage in the infringement proceedings initiated against Germany, which continues in its failure to comply with Directive 93/43/EEC concerning the conservation of natural habitats and wild fauna and flora.
Germany will receive a reasoned opinion (second stage in the procedure under Article 226 of the Treaty) for not having safeguarded the habitats of an endangered species of hamster, the cricetus...