Court of Justice 21 March 1996, C-44/95 (Regina v Secretary of State for the Environment, ex parte: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.)

OPINION OF ADVOCATE GENERAL FENNELLY delivered on 21 March 1996 ( *1 ) Table of Contents I — Introduction II — Facts and procedure III — The relevant provisions of Community law IV — Observations of the parties (i) On the first question — the relationship between Articles 2 and 4(1) of the Birds Directive (ii) On the second question — the possibility of taking economic requirements into account