The Eu Fee exposes the federal government’s environmental failure based on Nikolas Faradouris – Greece does no longer give protection to Natura 2000 websites
An issue for the Greek govt, was once the reaction of the Eu Fee to the query of MEP Nikolas Faradouris in regards to the critical gaps that exist within the coverage measures of NATURA 2000 spaces which was once filed on October 18, 2024.
Some other large one environmental failure of the Mitsotakis govt unearths the Eu Fee based on his query Nikolas Faradouris confirming that Greece does no longer adequately give protection to Natura 2000 websites, recalling on the identical time that the EU had referred Greece to the Eu Court docket of Justice, mentioning that 5 years later, our nation has no longer but complied with the Court docket’s determination in stated case C-849/19.
In his query, the Greek MEP testified that most effective 12 out of a complete of 174 Natura 2000 marine spaces in Greece ruled by way of some coverage regime, however even in them it’s restricted to transient or piecemeal measures, with unintended effects at the atmosphere of those spaces and certainly with critical shortages in staffing.
The reaction of the Eu Fee
Solution of Ms. Roswall on her behalf Eu Fee (16.12.2024)
- The Fee had discovered that Greece was once no longer adequately protective Natura 2000 websites and had referred Greece to the Court docket of Justice of the EU1. In particular, this failure considerations the loss of detailed and specialised conservation goals in addition to conservation measures, carried out in Greece via control plans or presidential decrees which outline the accredited and prohibited actions within the sites2.
- Up to now, Greece has no longer but established good enough conservation goals and measures for all 239 Natura 2000 websites coated by way of the Court docket’s determination in Case C-849/19, so it has no longer but complied with that call.
- The Fee has again and again drawn the eye of the Greek government, together with via bilateral dialogues, to the want to set conservation goals and measures for all websites. The Fee will proceed to help Greece to succeed in compliance once conceivable. If essential, the Fee would possibly make a decision to ship a letter of formal understand beneath Article 260 of the Treaty at the Functioning of the Eu Union.
1. C-849/19 https://eurlex.europa.european/legalcontent/EL/TXT/?uri=CELEXp.c3A62019CJ0849
2. Assessment of environmental coverage implementation
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