Luxembourg, 28/06/2007 (Agence Europe) - On 28 June the European Court of Justice gave its judgement in the case (C-235/04 involving the European Commission versus Spain. The Commission deemed that this member state had not complied with the 1979 directive on wild bird conservation (79/409/EEC). Madrid was taken to the Court of Justice, which provided a decision on Thursday that was largely in favour of the Commission.
The Commission considers that Spain has not created and sufficiently...