Court of Justice 7 April 2005, C-135/04 (Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I – Introduction 1. This case concerns infringement proceedings brought by the Commission against the Kingdom of Spain on the ground that the latter has contravened Article 7(4) of Council Directive 79/409/EEC of 2 April 1979 on the conservation of wild birds (2) (hereinafter: ‘the Directive’ or the ‘Birds Directive’). 2.