Hearings
European Union
11 Jul 1996 (Case C-44/95); [1997] QB 206; [1997] 2 WLR 123; EU:C:1996:297, ECJ
R v Secretary of State for the Environment, Ex parte Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (Port of Sheerness Ltd, Intervener)
Additional names
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Ex parte
Subject Matter
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY — Environment — Birds, special protection areas for — Criteria to be applied when special protection areas classified and boundaries defined — Whether economic considerations to be taken into account — Council Directive (79/409/EEC), arts 2, 4(1)(2) — Council Directive (92/43/EEC), art 6(4)