Official Journal of the European Union

C 172/7

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Judecătoria Zărnești (Romania) lodged on 7 February 2019 — Asociația ‘Alianța pentru combaterea abuzurilor’ v TM, UN and Asociația DMPA

(Case C-88/19)

(2019/C 172/09)

Language of the case: Romanian

Referring court

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Asociația ‘Alianța pentru combaterea abuzurilor’

Defendants: TM, UN and Asociația DMPA

Question referred

Must Article 16 of Directive 92/43/EEC (1) be interpreted as requiring the Member States to lay down derogations from Articles 12, 13, 14 and 15(a) and (b) thereof in cases where animals belonging to threatened species leave their natural habit and are either in its immediate vicinity or completely outside it?

* Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ 1992 L 206, p. 7).

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