EU sues Portugal for not complying with judgment on biodiversity protection legislation
By Reuters
February 8, 2024 at 1:00:13 PM
FILE PHOTO: European Union flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 1, 2023.REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo/File Photo
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission on Wednesday said it was suing Portugal for failing to comply with a previous judgment on biodiversity protection legislation.
In its 2019 judgment, the EU Court of Justice ruled that Portugal had failed to follow the EU's Habitats Directive, which conserves natural habitats and rare fauna and flora.
Portugal then designated 61 sites as Special Areas of Conservation but the EU said in a statement that "this designation is not sufficient to comply with the judgment as Portugal also needs to adopt conservation objectives and measures to comply with the judgment".
(Reporting by Bart Meijer, Charlotte Van Campenhout, editing by Piotr Lipinski)
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