Brussels, 29/10/2002 (Agence Europe) - The Commission has decided to refer Austria to the Court of Justice (the third stage of the infringement proceedings in Article 226 of the Treaty) for allowing the killing of birds of prey in the state of Lower Austria, which the considers to be in breach of the Wild Birds Directive, which prohibits the killing of wild birds. The decision to refer Austria to the Court follows the investigation of a complaint that, both in its legislation and its...