Court of Justice 2 December 1986, 262/85 (Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General ++++ Mr President, Members of the Court, 1 . The Italian Republic is alleged to have failed to fulfil its obligations under Council Directive 79/409/EEC of 2 April 1979 on the conservation of wild birds, the provisions of which have not, apparently, been transposed fully and correctly into Italian law within the prescribed period .