FACE Technical Group "Legal Affairs"

This working group is made up of legal professionals who, as focal points in each Member State, have an active interest in both the environment and hunting. Meeting regularly, these experts analyse and explain European legal judgments and rulings and their implications for hunting, anticipating and reflecting on issues of public interest.

 

"Rebirth" of FACE TG-LEG
	A number of recent landmark judgments by the EC Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights have underlined the need for FACE and its Members to examine with great attention the legal aspects of hunting and wildlife management in Europe. After a period of inactivity, the FACE Technical Group "Legal Affairs" (TG-LEG) was "born" again during a meeting held in Brussels, with legal experts from 11 countries, including FACE Vice-President G. BANA.
Participants agreed that the TG-LEG would bring an added value to the work of FACE and should focus in the future on practical issues. A second meeting was held on 15th April 2008, where topics such as Article 9 "Derogations" of the Birds Directive and the link between landownership and hunting rights where discussed. A new tool for the operability of TG-LEG is a members' intranet, LEX-NATURA, where they can exchange information efficiently and permanently.