Subject of the case
Operative part
Subject of the case
Re:
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Infringement of Article 4(2), (3), (4) and (5) of Council Directive 1999/22/EC of 29 March 1999 relating to the keeping of wild animals in zoos (OJ 1999 L 94, p. 24).
Operative part
Operative part
The Court:
1. Declares that, by failing to take, within the period prescribed, all the measures necessary with respect to the zoos that are the subject of the present action in the Autonomous Communities of Aragon, Asturias, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and Leon, Valencia, Extremadura and Galicia concerning the inspection, licensing and, if appropriate, the closure of those establishments in accordance with Article 4(2) to (5) of Council Directive 1999/22/EC of 29 March 1999 relating to the keeping of wild animals in zoos, the Kingdom of Spain has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;
2. Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs.