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Bucharest 16-17 May 2013 Workshop programme : European Nature Protection Law

Trainers :



1. Anders BENGTSSON (Sweden), Senior Judge at the Växiö Land and Environment Court


2. Indrė ŽVAIGŽDINIENĖ (Lithuania), Lecturer of Environmental Law at Vilnius University, Law Faculty


3. Rasa RAGULSKYTE-MARKOVIENE (Lithuania) , Judge at Vilnius District Administrative Court, Professor at Mykolas Romeris University, Law Faculty


4. Klaus LERNHART (Germany), Presiding judge at the Administrative Court of Appeal Baden-Wuerttemberg


5. Werner HEERMANN (Germany), Chair of the AEAJ working group Environmental Law


Thursday, 16 May 2013

09:00 – 09:30 Welcome address, introduction
09:30 – 10:15 Ion CODESCU (European Commission DGENV)


Recent development of EU environmental law
10 : 15 – 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 -12:00 Indrė ŽVAIGŽDINIENĖ


Overview on EU nature protection legislation Manual word wrap
- Wild Birds DirectiveManual word wrap
- Fauna-Flora-Habitats Directive


12:00-13:30 Lunch break


13:30-15:00 Klaus LERNHART Case study to be solved in sub-groups (species protection)


15:00-15:30 Coffee break


15:30-16:15 Rasa RAGULSKYTE-MARKOVIENE


Article 6 Fauna-Flora-Habitats Directive



Friday, 17 May 2013


09:00-10:00 Anders BENGTSSON


Case study to be solved in sub-groups (“Rare bugs versus city plan”)


10.00-10:30 Coffee break
10:30–12:00 Werner HEERMANN Case study to be solved in sub-groups („Mountain bike downhill course crossing a


Natura 2000 site”)

12:00-12:30 Final discussion, closure


In the afternoon excursion to the mountains