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COMMISSION NOTICE Guidelines providing a common understanding of the term ‘environmental damage’ as defined in Article 2 of Directive 2004/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage · European Union

(137) Case C-477/19, IE v Magistrat der Stadt Wien at paragraphs 11 and 12 illustrates how such circumstances might arise. Construction works, described as ‘harmful measures’ by the Court, adversely affected a breeding and resting place of a protected species, the European hamster, without a prior authorisation having been obtained.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.