Court of Justice 18 May 2006, C-244/05 (Bund Naturschutz in Bayern eV and Others v Freistaat Bayern.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I – Introduction 1. In this case, the Court is being asked to interpret Article 3(1) of Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (‘the Habitats Directive’ or ‘the Directive’) (2) read in conjunction with the sixth recital in the preamble thereto.