The Habitats and Birds Directives versus the Common Fisheries Policy: A Paradox
<p>The interaction between environmental conservation and fisheries has never been easy. This is no less true for European Union (EU) policy in these areas. Numerous EU Member States, and the European Commission, are struggling with the paradox in EU law that emerges when EU environmental poli...
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| description | <p>The interaction between environmental conservation and fisheries has never been easy. This is no less true for European Union (EU) policy in these areas. Numerous EU Member States, and the European Commission, are struggling with the paradox in EU law that emerges when EU environmental policy and EU fisheries policy overlap. On the one hand, EU Member States are required to take conservation or protection measures, if necessary, in specific areas to fulfil their duties stemming from the Habitats and Birds Directives. On the other hand, Member States are, to a great extent, deprived of their competence to fulfil these duties as soon as these measures possibly touch upon fisheries. There is an exclusive competence for the EU attached to the common fisheries policy of the EU. This article addresses this paradoxical situation by analysing the Habitats and Birds Directives on the one side, and the exclusive competence of the EU in the area of fisheries on the other. The article concludes by examining possible solutions to the paradox, hopefully constituting worthwhile contributions to an ungoing discussion.</p> <p>The article is a revised version of a report written on behalf of the Amsterdam International Law Clinic.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d52925c06ff24eab96eca5b34ae1c2372022-12-22T01:14:24ZengUbiquity PressMerkourios0927-460X2011-06-0127731945The Habitats and Birds Directives versus the Common Fisheries Policy: A ParadoxJaap Leijen<p>The interaction between environmental conservation and fisheries has never been easy. This is no less true for European Union (EU) policy in these areas. Numerous EU Member States, and the European Commission, are struggling with the paradox in EU law that emerges when EU environmental policy and EU fisheries policy overlap. On the one hand, EU Member States are required to take conservation or protection measures, if necessary, in specific areas to fulfil their duties stemming from the Habitats and Birds Directives. On the other hand, Member States are, to a great extent, deprived of their competence to fulfil these duties as soon as these measures possibly touch upon fisheries. There is an exclusive competence for the EU attached to the common fisheries policy of the EU. This article addresses this paradoxical situation by analysing the Habitats and Birds Directives on the one side, and the exclusive competence of the EU in the area of fisheries on the other. The article concludes by examining possible solutions to the paradox, hopefully constituting worthwhile contributions to an ungoing discussion.</p> <p>The article is a revised version of a report written on behalf of the Amsterdam International Law Clinic.</p>http://www.merkourios.org/index.php/mj/article/view/32Conservation of habitatsconservation of birdsfisheries conservationexclusive competenceHabitats DirectiveBirds DirectiveCFP Basic RegulationEU environmental policyEU common fisheries policy |
| spellingShingle | Jaap Leijen The Habitats and Birds Directives versus the Common Fisheries Policy: A Paradox Merkourios Conservation of habitats conservation of birds fisheries conservation exclusive competence Habitats Directive Birds Directive CFP Basic Regulation EU environmental policy EU common fisheries policy |
| title | The Habitats and Birds Directives versus the Common Fisheries Policy: A Paradox |
| title_full | The Habitats and Birds Directives versus the Common Fisheries Policy: A Paradox |
| title_fullStr | The Habitats and Birds Directives versus the Common Fisheries Policy: A Paradox |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Habitats and Birds Directives versus the Common Fisheries Policy: A Paradox |
| title_short | The Habitats and Birds Directives versus the Common Fisheries Policy: A Paradox |
| title_sort | habitats and birds directives versus the common fisheries policy a paradox |
| topic | Conservation of habitats conservation of birds fisheries conservation exclusive competence Habitats Directive Birds Directive CFP Basic Regulation EU environmental policy EU common fisheries policy |
| url | http://www.merkourios.org/index.php/mj/article/view/32 |
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