Court of Justice 16 February 2006, C-60/05 (WWF Italia and Others v Regione Lombardia.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I – Introduction 1. The questions referred by the Tribunale amministrativo regionale per la Lombardia (Regional Administrative Court, Lombardy) concern Article 9 of Council Directive 79/409/EEC of 2 April 1979 on the conservation of wild birds (‘the Birds Directive’ or ‘the Directive’).