Wybrane problemy prawne w funkcjonowaniu Europejskiej Sieci Ekologicznej Natura 2000

The approaching tenth anniversary of the European Ecological Network Natura 2000 is an opportunity to summarise and assess currently binding regulations referring to these areas. The legislation in this field exists both on the level of European and Polish regulations. Their simultaneous application brings some legal problems that can be identified already today and for which new regulations can be proposed. This article describes selected legal problems referring to the function of the European Ecological Network Natura 2000 in Poland. It deals above all with the issue concerning the plans of protection tasks and influence of sustainable development concept on the changes in Polish law in the scope of regulations regarding the areas of Natura 2000.