Picket, we want to avoid EU fines for bird culling - Green & Blue. To avoid an EU infringement procedure for Italian rules on the protection of birds and wetlands and on hunting, the Ministry of the Environment has started a series of consultations.
The conflicting positions could be overcome by making the EU directives explicit in national legislation, the minister said. The request for an extension to May 7th for the sending of the observations and counterarguments requested by the Commission has been made.