Luxembourg, 06/11/2001 (Agence Europe) - Advocate General Philippe Léger is proposing to the Court of Justice that it condemn Greece which, in his opinion, did not take sufficient protection measures and therefore threatens the survival of the caretta caretta turtle, which has become practically extinct in the EU. He thus supports the European Commission which has made this case its key concern (see EUROPE of 13 October, p.15).
The advocate general does not deny Member States the right to...