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Document 01992L0043-20070101

    Consolidated text: Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora

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    COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 92/43/EEC

    of 21 May 1992

    on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora

    (OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p.7)

    Amended by:

     

     

    Official Journal

      No

    page

    date

     M1

    Council Directive 97/62/EC of 27 October 1997

      L 305

    42

    8.11.1997

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    Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 September 2003

      L 284

    1

    31.10.2003

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    Council Directive 2006/105/EC of 20 November 2006

      L 363

    368

    20.12.2006


    Amended by:

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    Act of Accession of Austria, Sweden and Finland

      C 241

    21

    29.8.1994

     

    (adapted by Council Decision 95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC)

      L 001

    1

    ..

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    Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded

      L 236

    33

    23.9.2003


    Corrected by:

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    Corrigendum, OJ L 176, 20.7.1993, p. 29  (92/43)




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    COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 92/43/EEC

    of 21 May 1992

    on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora



    THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 130s thereof,

    Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ( 1 ),

    Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ( 2 ),

    Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee ( 3 ),

    Whereas the preservation, protection and improvement of the quality of the environment, including the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora, are an essential objective of general interest pursued by the Community, as stated in Article 130r of the Treaty;

    Whereas the European Community policy and action programme on the environment (1987 to 1992) ( 4 ) makes provision for measures regarding the conservation of nature and natural resources;

    Whereas, the main aim of this Directive being to promote the maintenance of biodiversity, taking account of economic, social, cultural and regional requirements, this Directive makes a contribution to the general objective of sustainable development; whereas the maintenance of such biodiversity may in certain cases require the maintenance, or indeed the encouragement, of human activities;

    Whereas, in the European territory of the Member States, natural habitats are continuing to deteriorate and an increasing number of wild species are seriously threatened; whereas given that the threatened habitats and species form part of the Community's natural heritage and the threats to them are often of a transboundary nature, it is necessary to take measures at Community level in order to conserve them;

    Whereas, in view of the threats to certain types of natural habitat and certain species, it is necessary to define them as having priority in order to favour the early implementation of measures to conserve them;

    Whereas, in order to ensure the restoration or maintenance of natural habitats and species of Community interest at a favourable conservation status, it is necessary to designate special areas of conservation in order to create a coherent European ecological network according to a specified timetable;

    Whereas all the areas designated, including those classified now or in the future as special protection areas pursuant to Council Directive 79/409/EEC of 2 April 1979 on the conservation of wild birds ( 5 ), will have to be incorporated into the coherent European ecological network;

    Whereas it is appropriate, in each area designated, to implement the necessary measures having regard to the conservation objectives pursued;

    Whereas sites eligible for designation as special areas of conservation are proposed by the Member States but whereas a procedure must nevertheless be laid down to allow the designation in exceptional cases of a site which has not been proposed by a Member State but which the Community considers essential for either the maintenance or the survival of a priority natural habitat type or a priority species;

    Whereas an appropriate assessment must be made of any plan or programme likely to have a significant effect on the conservation objectives of a site which has been designated or is designated in future;

    Whereas it is recognized that the adoption of measures intended to promote the conservation of priority natural habitats and priority species of Community interest is a common responsibility of all Member States; whereas this may, however, impose an excessive financial burden on certain Member States given, on the one hand, the uneven distribution of such habitats and species throughout the Community and, on the other hand, the fact that the ‘polluter pays’ principle can have only limited application in the special case of nature conservation;

    Whereas it is therefore agreed that, in this exceptional case, a contribution by means of Community co-financing should be provided for within the limits of the resources made available under the Community's decisions;

    Whereas land-use planning and development policies should encourage the management of features of the landscape which are of major importance for wild fauna and flora;

    Whereas a system should be set up for surveillance of the conservation status of the natural habitats and species covered by this Directive;

    Whereas a general system of protection is required for certain species of flora and fauna to complement Directive 79/409/EEC; whereas provision should be made for management measures for certain species, if their conservation status so warrants, including the prohibition of certain means of capture or killing, whilst providing for the possibility of derogations on certain conditions;

    Whereas, with the aim of ensuring that the implementation of this Directive is monitored, the Commission will periodically prepare a composite report based, inter alia, on the information sent to it by the Member States regarding the application of national provisions adopted under this Directive;

    Whereas the improvement of scientific and technical knowledge is essential for the implementation of this Directive; whereas it is consequently appropriate to encourage the necessary research and scientific work;

    Whereas technical and scientific progress mean that it must be possible to adapt the Annexes; whereas a procedure should be established whereby the Council can amend the Annexes;

    Whereas a regulatory committee should be set up to assist the Commission in the implementation of this Directive and in particular when decisions on Community co-financing are taken;

    Whereas provision should be made for supplementary measures governing the reintroduction of certain native species of fauna and flora and the possible introduction of non-native species;

    Whereas education and general information relating to the objectives of this Directive are essential for ensuring its effective implementation,

    HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:



    Definitions

    Article 1

    For the purpose of this Directive:

    (a)  conservation means a series of measures required to maintain or restore the natural habitats and the populations of species of wild fauna and flora at a favourable status as defined in (e) and (i);

    (b)  natural habitats means terrestrial or aquatic areas distinguished by geographic, abiotic and biotic features, whether entirely natural or semi-natural;

    (c)  natural habitat types of Community interest means those which, within the territory referred to in Article 2:

    (i) are in danger of disappearance in their natural range;

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    (ii) have a small natural range following their regression or by reason of their intrinsically restricted area;

    or

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    (iii) present outstanding examples of typical characteristics of one or more of the nine following biogeographical regions: Alpine, Atlantic, Black Sea, Boreal, Continental, Macaronesian, Mediterranean, Pannonian and Steppic.

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    Such habitat types are listed or may be listed in Annex I;

    (d)  priority natural habitat types means natural habitat types in danger of disappearence, which are present on the territory referred to in Article 2 and for the conservation of which the Community has particular responsibility in view of the proportion of their natural range which falls within the territory referred to in Article 2; these priority natural habitat types are indicated by an asterisk (*) in Annex I;

    (e)  conservation status of a natural habitat means the sum of the influences acting on a natural habitat and its typical species that may affect its long-term natural distribution, structure and functions as well as the long-term survival of its typical species within the territory referred to in Article 2.

    ►C1  The conservation status ◄ of a natural habitat will be taken as ‘favourable’ when:

     its natural range and areas it covers within that range are stable or increasing, and

     the specific structure and functions which are necessary for its long-term maintenance exist and are likely to continue to exist for the foreseeable future, and

     the conservation status of its typical species is favourable as defined in (i);

    (f)  habitat of a species means an environment defined by specific abiotic and biotic factors, in which the species lives at any stage of its biological cycle;

    (g)  species of Community interest means species which, within the territory referred to in Article 2, are:

    (i) endangered, except those species whose natural range is marginal in that territory and which are not endangered or vulnerable in the western palearctic region; or

    (ii) vulnerable, i.e. believed likely to move into the endangered category in the near future if the causal factors continue operating; or

    (iii) rare, i.e. with small populations that are not at present endangered or vulnerable, but are at risk. The species are located within restricted geographical areas or are thinly scattered over a more extensive range; or

    (iv) endemic and requiring particular attention by reason of the specific nature of their habitat and/or the potential impact of their exploitation on their habitat and/or the potential impact of their exploitation on their conservation status.

    Such species are listed or may be listed in Annex II and/or Annex IV or V;

    (h)  priority species means species referred to in (g) (i) for the conservation of which the Community has particular responsibility in view of the proportion of their natural range which falls within the territory referred to in Article 2; these priority species are indicated by an asterisk (*) in Annex II;

    (i)  conservation status of a species means the sum of the influences acting on the species concerned that may affect the long-term distribution and abundance of its populations within the territory referred to in Article 2;

    The conservation status will be taken as ‘favourable’ when:

     population dynamics data on the species concerned indicate that it is maintaining itself on a long-term basis as a viable component of its natural habitats, and

     the natural range of the species is neither being reduced nor is likely to be reduced for the foreseeable future, and

     there is, and will probably continue to be, a sufficiently large habitat to maintain its populations on a long-term basis;

    (j)  site means a geographically defined area whose extent is clearly delineated;

    (k)  site of Community importance means a site which, in the biogeographical region or regions to which ►C1  it belongs, ◄ contributes significantly to the maintenance or restoration at a favourable conservation status of a natural habitat type in Annex I or of a species in Annex II and may also contribute significantly to the coherence of Natura 2000 referred to in Article 3, and/or contributes significantly to the maintenance of biological diversity within the biogeographic region or regions concerned.

    For animal species ranging over wide areas, sites of Community importance shall correspond to the places within the natural range of such species which present the physical or biological factors essential to their life and reproduction;

    (l)  special area of conservation means a site of Community importance designated by the Member States through a statutory, administrative and/or contractual act where the necessary conservation measures are applied for the maintenance or restoration, at a favourable conservation status, of the natural habitats and/or the populations of the species for which the site is designated;

    (m)  specimen means any animal or plant, whether alive or dead, of the species listed in Annex IV and Annex V, any part or derivative thereof, as well as any other goods which appear, from an accompanying document, the packaging or a mark or label, or from any other circumstances, to be parts or derivatives of animals or plants of those species;

    (n)  the committee means the committee set up pursuant to Article 20.

    Article 2

    1.  The aim of this Directive shall be to contribute towards ensuring bio-diversity through the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora in the European territory of the Member States to which the Treaty applies.

    2.  Measures taken pursuant to this Directive shall be designed to maintain or restore, at favourable conservation status, natural habitats and species of wild fauna and flora of Community interest.

    3.  Measures taken pursuant to this Directive shall take account of economic, social and cultural requirements and regional and local characteristics.



    Conservation of natural habitats and habitats of species

    Article 3

    1.  A coherent European ecological network of special areas of conservation shall be set up under the title Natura 2000. This network, composed of sites hosting the natural habitat types listed in Annex I and habitats of the species listed in Annex II, shall enable the natural habitat types and the species' habitats concerned to be maintained or, where appropriate, restored at a favourable conservation status in their natural range.

    The Natura 2000 network shall include the special protection areas classified by the Member States pursuant to Directive 79/409/EEC.

    2.  Each Member State shall contribute to the creation of Natura 2000 in proportion to the representation within its territory of the natural habitat types and the habitats of species referred to in paragraph 1. To that effect each Member State shall designate, in accordance with Article 4, sites as special areas of conservation taking account of the objectives set out in paragraph 1.

    3.  Where they consider it necessary, Member States shall endeavour to improve the ecological coherence of Natura 2000 by maintaining, and where appropriate developing, features of the landscape which are of major importance for wild fauna and flora, as referred to in Article 10.

    Article 4

    1.  On the basis of the criteria set out in Annex III (Stage 1) and relevant scientific information, each Member State shall propose a list of sites indicating which natural habitat types in Annex I and which species in Annex II that are native to its territory the sites host. For animal species ranging over wide areas these sites shall correspond to the places within the natural range of such species which present the physical or biological factors essential to their life and reproduction. For aquatic species which range over wide areas, such sites will be proposed only where there is a clearly identifiable area representing the physical and biological factors essential to their life and reproduction. Where appropriate, Member States shall propose adaptation of the list in the light of the results of the surveillance referred to in Article 11.

    The list shall be transmitted to the Commission, within three years of the notification of this Directive, together with information on each site. That information shall include a map of the site, its name, location, extent and the data resulting from application of the criteria specified in Annex III (Stage 1) provided in a format established by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 21.

    2.  On the basis of the criteria set out in Annex III (Stage 2) and in the framework both of each of the ►M3  nine ◄ biogeographical regions referred to in Article 1 (c) (iii) and of the whole of the territory referred to in Article 2 (1), the Commission shall establish, in agreement with each Member State, a draft list of sites of Community importance drawn from the Member States' lists identifying ►C1  those which host one ◄ or more priority natural habitat types or priority species.

    Member States whose sites hosting one or more priority natural habitat types and priority species represent more than 5 % of their national territory may, in agreement with the Commission, request that the criteria listed in Annex III (Stage 2) be applied more flexibly in selecting all the sites of Community importance in their territory.

    The list of sites selected as sites of Community importance, identifying those which host one or more priority natural habitat types or priority species, shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 21.

    3.  The list referred to in paragraph 2 shall be established within six years of the notification of this Directive.

    4.  Once a site of Community importance has been adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 2, the Member State concerned shall designate that site as a special area of conservation as soon as possible and within six years at most, establishing priorities in the light of the importance of the sites for the maintenance or restoration, at a favourable conservation status, of a natural habitat type in Annex I or a species in Annex II and for the coherence of Natura 2000, and in the light of the threats of degradation or destruction to which those sites are exposed.

    5.  As soon as a site is placed on the list referred to in the third subparagraph of paragraph 2 it shall be subject to Article 6 (2), (3) and (4).

    Article 5

    1.  In exceptional cases where the Commission finds that a national list as referred to in Article 4 (1) fails to mention a site hosting a priority natural habitat type or priority species which, on the basis of relevant and reliable scientific information, it considers to be essential for the maintenance of that priority natural habitat type or for the survival of that priority species, a bilateral consultation procedure shall be initiated between that Member State and the Commission for the purpose of comparing the scientific data used by each.

    2.  If, on expiry of a consultation period not exceeding six months, the dispute remains unresolved, the Commission shall forward to the Council a proposal relating to the selection of the site as a site of Community importance.

    3.  The Council, acting unanimously, shall take a decision within three months of the date of referral.

    4.  During the consultation period and pending a Council decision, the site concerned shall be subject to Article 6 (2).

    Article 6

    1.  For special areas of conservation, Member States shall establish the necessary conservation measures involving, if need be, appropriate management plans specifically designed for the sites or integrated into other development plans, and appropriate statutory, administrative or contractual measures which correspond to the ecological requirements of the natural habitat types in Annex I and the species in Annex II present on the sites.

    2.  Member States shall take appropriate steps to avoid, in the special areas of conservation, the deterioration of natural habitats and the habitats of species as well as disturbance of the species for which the areas have been designated, in so far as such disturbance could be significant in relation to the objectives of this Directive.

    3.  Any plan or project not directly connected with or necessary to the management of the site but likely to have a significant effect thereon, either individually or in combination with other plans or projects, shall be subject to appropriate assessment of its implications for the site in view of the site's conservation objectives. In the light of the conclusions of the assessment of the implications for the site and subject to the provisions of paragraph 4, the competent national authorities shall agree to the plan or project only after having ascertained that it will not adversely affect the integrity of the site concerned and, if appropriate, after having obtained the opinion of the general public.

    4.  If, in spite of a negative assessment of the implications for the site and in the absence of alternative solutions, a plan or project must nevertheless be carried out for imperative reasons of overriding public interest, including those of a social or economic nature, the Member State shall take all compensatory measures necessary to ensure that the overall coherence of Natura 2000 is protected. It shall inform the Commission of the compensatory measures adopted.

    Where the site concerned hosts a priority natural habitat type and/or a priority species, the only considerations which may be raised are those relating to human health or public safety, to beneficial consequences of primary importance for the environment or, further to an opinion from the Commission, to other imperative reasons of overriding public interest.

    Article 7

    Obligations arising under Article 6 (2), (3) and (4) of this Directive shall replace any obligations arising under the first sentence of Article 4 (4) of Directive 79/409/EEC in respect of areas classified pursuant to Article 4 (1) or similarly recognized under Article 4 (2) thereof, as from the date of implementation of this Directive or the date of classification or recognition by a Member State under Directive 79/409/EEC, where the latter date is later.

    Article 8

    1.  In parallel with their proposals for sites eligible for designation as special areas of conservation, hosting priority natural habitat types and/or priority species, the Member States shall send, as appropriate, to the Commission their estimates relating to the Community co-financing which they consider necessary to allow them to meet their obligations pursuant to Article 6 (1).

    2.  In agreement with each of the Member States concerned, the Commission shall identify, for sites of Community importance for which co-financing is sought, those measures essential for the maintenance or re-establishment at a favourable conservation status of the priority natural habitat types and priority species on the sites concerned, as well as the total costs arising from those measures.

    3.  The Commission, in agreement with the Member States concerned, shall assess the financing, including co-financing, required for the operation of the measures referred to in paragraph 2, taking into account, amongst other things, the concentration on the Member State's territory of priority natural habitat types and/or priority species and the relative burdens which the required measures entail.

    4.  According to the assessment referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3, the Commission shall adopt, having regard to the available sources of funding under the relevant Community instruments and according to the procedure set out in Article 21, a prioritized action framework of measures involving co-financing to be taken when the site has been designated under Article 4 (4).

    5.  The measures which have not been retained in the action framework for lack of sufficient resources, as well as those included in the abovementioned action framework which have not received the necessary co-financing or have only been partially co-financed, shall be reconsidered in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 21, in the context of the two-yearly review of the action framework and may, in the maintime, be postponed by the Member States pending such review. This review shall take into account, as appropriate, the new situation of the site concerned.

    6.  In areas where the measures dependent on co-financing are postponed, Member States shall refrain from any new measures likely to result in deterioration of those areas.

    Article 9

    The Commission, acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 21, shall periodically review the contribution of Natura 2000 towards achievement of the objectives set out in Article 2 and 3. In this context, a special area of conservation may be considered for declassification where this is warranted by natural developments noted as a result of the surveillance provided for in Article 11.

    Article 10

    Member States shall endeavour, where they consider it necessary, in their land-use planning and development policies and, in particular, with a view to improving the ecological ►C1  coherence of the Natura ◄ 2000 network, to encourage the management of features of the landscape which are of major importance for wild fauna and flora.

    Such features are those which, by virtue of their linear and continuous structure (such as rivers with their banks or the traditional systems for marking field boundaries) or their function as stepping stones (such as ponds or small woods), are essential for the migration, dispersal and genetic exchange of wild species.

    Article 11

    Member States shall undertake surveillance of the conservation status of the natural habitats and species referred to in Article 2 with particular regard to priority natural habitat types and priority species.



    Protection of species

    Article 12

    1.  Member States shall take the requisite measures to establish a system of strict protection for the animal species listed in Annex IV (a) in their natural range, prohibiting:

    (a) all forms of deliberate capture or killing of specimens of these species in the wild;

    (b) deliberate disturbance of these species, particularly during the period of breeding, rearing, hibernation and migration;

    (c) deliberate destruction or taking of eggs from the wild;

    (d) deterioration or destruction of breeding sites or resting places.

    2.  For these species, Member States shall prohibit the keeping, transport and sale or exchange, and offering for sale or exchange, of specimens taken from the wild, except for those taken legally before this Directive is implemented.

    3.  The prohibition referred to in paragraph 1 (a) and (b) and paragraph 2 shall apply to all stages of life of the animals to which this Article applies.

    4.  Member States shall establish a system to monitor the incidential capture and killing of the animal species listed in Annex IV (a). In the light of the information gathered, Member States shall take further research or conservation measures as required to ensure that incidental capture and killing does not have a significant negative impact on the species concerned.

    Article 13

    1.  Member States shall take the requisite measures to establish a system of strict protection for the plant species listed in Annex IV (b), prohibiting:

    (a) the deliberate picking, collecting, cutting, uprooting or destruction of such plants in their natural range in the wild;

    (b) the keeping, transport and sale or exchange and offering for sale or exchange of specimens of such species taken in the wild, except for those taken legally before this Directive is implemented.

    2.  The prohibitions referred to in paragraph 1 (a) and (b) shall apply to all stages of the biological cycle of the plants to which this Article applies.

    Article 14

    1.  If, in the light of the surveillance provided for in Article 11, Member States deem it necessary, they shall take measures to ensure that the taking in the wild of specimens of species of wild fauna and flora listed in Annex V as well as their exploitation is compatible with their being maintained at a favourable conservation status.

    2.  Where such measures are deemed necessary, they shall include continuation of the surveillance provided for in Article 11. Such measures may also include in particular:

     regulations regarding access to certain property,

     temporary or local prohibition of the taking of specimens in the wild and exploitation of certain populations,

     regulation of the periods and/or methods of taking specimens,

     application, when specimens are taken, of hunting and fishing rules which take account of the conservation of such populations,

     establishment of a system of licences for taking specimens or of quotas,

     regulation of the purchase, sale, offering for sale, keeping for sale or transport for sale of specimens,

     breeding in captivity of animal species as well as artificial propagation of plant species, under strictly controlled conditions, with a view to reducing the taking of specimens of the wild,

     assessment of the effect of the measures adopted.

    Article 15

    In respect of the capture or killing of species of wild fauna listed in Annex V (a) and in cases where, in accordance with Article 16, derogations are applied to the taking, capture or killing of species listed in Annex IV (a), Member States shall prohibit the use of all indiscriminate means capable of causing local disappearance of, or serious disturbance to, populations of such species, and in particular:

    (a) use of the means of capture and killing listed in Annex VI (a);

    (b) any form of capture and killing from the modes of transport referred to in Annex VI (b).

    Article 16

    1.  Provided that there is no satisfactory alternative and the derogation is not detrimental to the maintenance of the populations of the species concerned at a favourable conservation status in their natural range, Member States may derogate from the provisions of Articles 12, 13, 14 and 15 (a) and (b):

    (a) in the interest of protecting wild fauna and flora and conserving natural habitats;

    (b) to prevent serious damage, in particular to crops, livestock, forests, fisheries and water and other types of property;

    (c) in the interests of public health and public safety, or for other imperative reasons of overriding public interest, including those of a social or economic nature and beneficial consequences of primary importance for the environment;

    (d) for the purpose of research and education, of repopulating and re-introducing these species and for the breedings operations necessary for these purposes, including the artificial propagation of plants;

    (e) to allow, under strictly supervised conditions, on a selective basis and to a limited extent, the taking or keeping of certain specimens of the species listed in Annex IV in limited numbers specified by the competent national authorities.

    2.  Member States shall forward to the Commission every two years a report in accordance with the format established by the Committee on the derogations applied under paragraph 1. The Commission shall give its opinion on these derogations within a maximum time limit of 12 months following receipt of the report and shall give an account to the Committee.

    3.  The reports shall specify:

    (a) the species which are subject to the derogations and the reason for the derogation, including the nature of the risk, with, if appropriate, a reference to alternatives rejected and scientific data used;

    (b) the means, devices or methods authorized for the capture or killing of animal species and the reasons for their use;

    (c) the circumstances of when and where such derogations are granted;

    (d) the authority empowered to declare and check that the required conditions obtain and to decide what means, devices or methods may be used, within what limits and by what agencies, and which persons ►C1  are to carry out the ◄ task;

    (e) the supervisory measures used and the results obtained.



    Information

    Article 17

    1.  Every six years from the date of expiry of the period laid down in Article 23, Member States shall draw up a report on the implementation of the measures taken under this Directive. This report shall include in particular information concerning the conservation measures referred to in Article 6 (1) as well as evaluation of the impact of those measures on the conservation status of the natural habitat types of Annex I and the species in Annex II and the main results of the surveillance referred to in Article 11. The report, in accordance with the format established by the committee, shall be forwarded to the Commission and made accessible to the public.

    2.  The Commission shall prepare a composite report based on the reports referred to in paragraph 1. This report shall include an appropriate evaluation of the progress achieved and, in particular, of the contribution of Natura 2000 to the achievement of the objectives set out in Article 3. A draft of the part of the report covering the information supplied by a Member State shall be forwarded to the Member State in question for verification. After submission to the committee, the final version of the report shall be published by the Commission, not later than two years after receipt of the reports referred to in paragraph 1, and shall be forwarded to the Member States, the European Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social Committee.

    3.  Member States may mark areas designated under this Directive by means of Community notices designed for that purpose by the committee.



    Research

    Article 18

    1.  Member States and the Commission shall encourage the necessary research and scientific work having regard to the objectives set out in Article 2 and the obligation referred to in Article 11. They shall exchange information for the purposes of proper coordination of research carried out at Member State and at Community level.

    2.  Particular attention shall be paid to scientific work necessary for the implementation of Articles 4 and 10, and transboundary cooperative research between Member States shall be encouraged.



    Procedure for amending the Annexes

    Article 19

    Such amendments as are necessary for adapting Annexes I, II, III, V and VI to technical and scientific progress shall be adopted by the Council acting by qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission.

    Such amendments as are necessary for adapting Annex IV to technical and scientific progress shall be adopted by the Council acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission.



    Committee

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    Article 20

    The Commission shall be assisted by a committee.

    Article 21

    1.  Where reference is made to this Article, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC ( 6 ) shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.

    The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.

    2.  The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.

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    Supplementary provisions

    Article 22

    In implementing the provisions of this Directive, Member States shall:

    (a) study the desirability of re-introducing species in Annex IV that are native to their territory where this might contribute to their conservation, provided that an investigation, also taking into account experience in other Member States or elsewhere, has established that such re-introduction contributes effectively to re-establishing these species at a favourable conservation status and that it takes place only after proper consultation of the public concerned;

    (b) ensure that the deliberate introduction into the wild of any species which is not native to their territory is regulated so as not to prejudice natural habitats within their natural range or the wild native fauna and flora and, if they consider it necessary, prohibit such introduction. The results of the assessment undertaken shall be forwarded to the committee for information;

    (c) promote education and general information on the need to protect species of wild fauna and flora and to conserve their habitats and natural habitats.



    Final provisions

    Article 23

    1.  Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive within two years of its notification. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.

    2.  When Member States adopt such measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such a reference shall be laid down by the Member States.

    3.  Member States shall communicate to the Commission the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

    Article 24

    This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

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    ANNEX I

    NATURAL HABITAT TYPES OF COMMUNITY INTEREST WHOSE CONSERVATION REQUIRES THE DESIGNATION OF SPECIAL AREAS OF CONSERVATION

    Interpretation

    Guidance on the interpretation of habitat types is given in the ‘Interpretation Manual of European Union Habitats’ as approved by the committee set up under Article 20 (‘Habitats Committee’) and published by the European Commission ( 7 ).

    The code corresponds to the NATURA 2000 code.

    The sign ‘*’ indicates priority habitat types.

    1.   COASTAL AND HALOPHYTIC HABITATS

    11.   Open sea and tidal areas

    1110

    Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all the time

    1120

    * Posidonia beds (Posidonion oceanicae)

    1130

    Estuaries

    1140

    Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide

    1150

    * Coastal lagoons

    1160

    Large shallow inlets and bays

    1170

    Reefs

    1180

    Submarine structures made by leaking gases

    12.   Sea cliffs and shingle or stony beaches

    1210

    Annual vegetation of drift lines

    1220

    Perennial vegetation of stony banks

    1230

    Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic Coasts

    1240

    Vegetated sea cliffs of the Mediterranean coasts with endemic Limonium spp.

    1250

    Vegetated sea cliffs with endemic flora of the Macaronesian coasts

    13.   Atlantic and continental salt marshes and salt meadows

    1310

    Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand

    1320

    Spartina swards (Spartinion maritimae)

    1330

    Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)

    1340

    * Inland salt meadows

    14.   Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic salt marshes and salt meadows

    1410

    Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)

    1420

    Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic halophilous scrubs (Sarcocornetea fruticosi)

    1430

    Halo-nitrophilous scrubs (Pegano-Salsoletea)

    15.   Salt and gypsum inland steppes

    1510

    * Mediterranean salt steppes (Limonietalia)

    1520

    * Iberian gypsum vegetation (Gypsophiletalia)

    1530

    * Pannonic salt steppes and salt marshes

    16.   Boreal Baltic archipelago, coastal and landupheaval areas

    1610

    Baltic esker islands with sandy, rocky and shingle beach vegetation and sublittoral vegetation

    1620

    Boreal Baltic islets and small islands

    1630

    * Boreal Baltic coastal meadows

    1640

    Boreal Baltic sandy beaches with perennial vegetation

    1650

    Boreal Baltic narrow inlets

    2.   COASTAL SAND DUNES AND INLAND DUNES

    21.   Sea dunes of the Atlantic, North Sea and Baltic coasts

    2110

    Embryonic shifting dunes

    2120

    Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (‘white dunes’)

    2130

    * Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (“grey dunes’)

    2140

    * Decalcified fixed dunes with Empetrum nigrum

    2150

    * Atlantic decalcified fixed dunes (Calluno-Ulicetea)

    2160

    Dunes with Hippophaë rhamnoides

    2170

    Dunes with Salix repens ssp. argentea (Salicion arenariae)

    2180

    Wooded dunes of the Atlantic, Continental and Boreal region

    2190

    Humid dune slacks

    21A0

    Machairs (* in Ireland)

    22.   Sea dunes of the Mediterranean coast

    2210

    Crucianellion maritimae fixed beach dunes

    2220

    Dunes with Euphorbia terracina

    2230

    Malcolmietalia dune grasslands

    2240

    Brachypodietalia dune grasslands with annuals

    2250

    * Coastal dunes with Juniperus spp.

    2260

    Cisto-Lavenduletalia dune sclerophyllous scrubs

    2270

    * Wooded dunes with Pinus pinea and/or Pinus pinaster

    23.   Inland dunes, old and decalcified

    2310

    Dry sand heaths with Calluna and Genista

    2320

    Dry sand heaths with Calluna and Empetrum nigrum

    2330

    Inland dunes with open Corynephorus and Agrostis grasslands

    2340

    * Pannonic inland dunes

    3.   FRESHWATER HABITATS

    31.   Standing water

    3110

    Oligotrophic waters containing very few minerals of sandy plains (Littorelletalia uniflorae)

    3120

    Oligotrophic waters containing very few minerals generally on sandy soils of the West Mediterranean, with Isoetes spp.

    3130

    Oligotrophic to mesotrophic standing waters with vegetation of the Littorelletea uniflorae and/or of the Isoëto-Nanojuncetea

    3140

    Hard oligo-mesotrophic waters with benthic vegetation of Chara spp.

    3150

    Natural eutrophic lakes with Magnopotamion or Hydrocharition — type vegetation

    3160

    Natural dystrophic lakes and ponds

    3170

    * Mediterranean temporary ponds

    3180

    * Turloughs

    3190

    Lakes of gypsum karst

    31A0

    * Transylvanian hot-spring lotus beds

    32.   Running water — sections of water courses with natural or semi-natural dynamics (minor, average and major beds) where the water quality shows no significant deterioration

    3210

    Fennoscandian natural rivers

    3220

    Alpine rivers and the herbaceous vegetation along their banks

    3230

    Alpine rivers and their ligneous vegetation with Myricaria germanica

    3240

    Alpine rivers and their ligneous vegetation with Salix elaeagnos

    3250

    Constantly flowing Mediterranean rivers with Glaucium flavum

    3260

    Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation

    3270

    Rivers with muddy banks with Chenopodion rubri p.p. and Bidention p.p. vegetation

    3280

    Constantly flowing Mediterranean rivers with Paspalo-Agrostidion species and hanging curtains of Salix and Populus alba

    3290

    Intermittently flowing Mediterranean rivers of the Paspalo-Agrostidion

    4.   TEMPERATE HEATH AND SCRUB

    4010

    Northern Atlantic wet heaths with Erica tetralix

    4020

    * Temperate Atlantic wet heaths with Erica ciliaris and Erica tetralix

    4030

    European dry heaths

    4040

    * Dry Atlantic coastal heaths with Erica vagans

    4050

    * Endemic macaronesian heaths

    4060

    Alpine and Boreal heaths

    4070

    * Bushes with Pinus mugo and Rhododendron hirsutum (Mugo-Rhododendretum hirsuti)

    4080

    Sub-Arctic Salix spp. Scrub

    4090

    Endemic oro-Mediterranean heaths with gorse

    40A0

    * Subcontinental peri-Pannonic scrub

    40B0

    Rhodope Potentilla fruticosa thickets

    40C0

    * Ponto-Sarmatic deciduous thickets

    5.   SCLEROPHYLLOUS SCRUB (MATORRAL)

    51.   Sub-Mediterranean and temperate scrub

    5110

    Stable xerothermophilous formations with Buxus sempervirens on rock slopes (Berberidion p.p.)

    5120

    Mountain Cytisus purgans formations

    5130

    Juniperus communis formations on heaths or calcareous grasslands

    5140

    * Cistus palhinhae formations on maritime wet heaths

    52.   Mediterranean arborescent matorral

    5210

    Arborescent matorral with Juniperus spp.

    5220

    * Arborescent matorral with Zyziphus

    5230

    * Arborescent matorral with Laurus nobilis

    53.   Thermo-Mediterranean and pre-steppe brush

    5310

    Laurus nobilis thickets

    5320

    Low formations of Euphorbia close to cliffs

    5330

    Thermo-Mediterranean and pre-desert scrub

    54.   Phrygana

    5410

    West Mediterranean clifftop phryganas (Astragalo-Plantaginetum subulatae)

    5420

    Sarcopoterium spinosum phryganas

    5430

    Endemic phryganas of the Euphorbio-Verbascion

    6.   NATURAL AND SEMI-NATURAL GRASSLAND FORMATIONS

    61.   Natural grasslands

    6110

    * Rupicolous calcareous or basophilic grasslands of the Alysso-Sedion albi

    6120

    * Xeric sand calcareous grasslands

    6130

    Calaminarian grasslands of the Violetalia calaminariae

    6140

    Siliceous Pyrenean Festuca eskia grasslands

    6150

    Siliceous alpine and boreal grasslands

    6160

    Oro-Iberian Festuca indigesta grasslands

    6170

    Alpine and subalpine calcareous grasslands

    6180

    Macaronesian mesophile grasslands

    6190

    Rupicolous pannonic grasslands (Stipo-Festucetalia pallentis)

    62.   Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies

    6210

    Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia) (* important orchid sites)

    6220

    * Pseudo-steppe with grasses and annuals of the Thero-Brachypodietea

    6230

    * Species-rich Nardus grasslands, on silicious substrates in mountain areas (and submountain areas in Continental Europe)

    6240

    * Sub-Pannonic steppic grasslands

    6250

    * Pannonic loess steppic grasslands

    6260

    * Pannonic sand steppes

    6270

    * Fennoscandian lowland species-rich dry to mesic grasslands

    6280

    * Nordic alvar and precambrian calcareous flatrocks

    62A0

    Eastern sub-Mediterranean dry grasslands (Scorzoneratalia villosae)

    62B0

    * Serpentinophilous grassland of Cyprus

    62C0

    * Ponto-Sarmatic steppes

    62D0

    Oro-Moesian acidophilous grasslands

    63.   Sclerophillous grazed forests (dehesas)

    6310

    Dehesas with evergreen Quercus spp.

    64.   Semi-natural tall-herb humid meadows

    6410

    Molinia meadows on calcareous, peaty or clayey-silt-laden soils (Molinion caeruleae)

    6420

    Mediterranean tall humid grasslands of the Molinio-Holoschoenion

    6430

    Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of plains and of the montane to alpine levels

    6440

    Alluvial meadows of river valleys of the Cnidion dubii

    6450

    Northern boreal alluvial meadows

    6460

    Peat grasslands of Troodos

    65.   Mesophile grasslands

    6510

    Lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis)

    6520

    Mountain hay meadows

    6530

    * Fennoscandian wooded meadows

    7.   RAISED BOGS AND MIRES AND FENS

    71.   Sphagnum acid bogs

    7110

    * Active raised bogs

    7120

    Degraded raised bogs still capable of natural regeneration

    7130

    Blanket bogs (* if active bog)

    7140

    Transition mires and quaking bogs

    7150

    Depressions on peat substrates of the Rhynchosporion

    7160

    Fennoscandian mineral-rich springs and springfens

    72.   Calcareous fens

    7210

    * Calcareous fens with Cladium mariscus and species of the Caricion davallianae

    7220

    * Petrifying springs with tufa formation (Cratoneurion)

    7230

    Alkaline fens

    7240

    * Alpine pioneer formations of the Caricion bicoloris-atrofuscae

    73.   Boreal mires

    7310

    * Aapa mires

    7320

    * Palsa mires

    8.   ROCKY HABITATS AND CAVES

    81.   Scree

    8110

    Siliceous scree of the montane to snow levels (Androsacetalia alpinae and Galeopsietalia ladani)

    8120

    Calcareous and calcshist screes of the montane to alpine levels (Thlaspietea rotundifolii)

    8130

    Western Mediterranean and thermophilous scree

    8140

    Eastern Mediterranean screes

    8150

    Medio-European upland siliceous screes

    8160

    * Medio-European calcareous scree of hill and montane levels

    82.   Rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation

    8210

    Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation

    8220

    Siliceous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation

    8230

    Siliceous rock with pioneer vegetation of the Sedo-Scleranthion or of the Sedo albi-Veronicion dillenii

    8240

    * Limestone pavements

    83.   Other rocky habitats

    8310

    Caves not open to the public

    8320

    Fields of lava and natural excavations

    8330

    Submerged or partially submerged sea caves

    8340

    Permanent glaciers

    9.   FORESTS

    (Sub)natural woodland vegetation comprising native species forming forests of tall trees, with typical undergrowth, and meeting the following criteria: rare or residual, and/or hosting species of Community interest

    90.   Forests of Boreal Europe

    9010

    * Western Taïga

    9020

    * Fennoscandian hemiboreal natural old broad-leaved deciduous forests (Quercus, Tilia, Acer, Fraxinus or Ulmus) rich in epiphytes

    9030

    * Natural forests of primary succession stages of landupheaval coast

    9040

    Nordic subalpine/subarctic forests with Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii

    9050

    Fennoscandian herb-rich forests with Picea abies

    9060

    Coniferous forests on, or connected to, glaciofluvial eskers

    9070

    Fennoscandian wooded pastures

    9080

    * Fennoscandian deciduous swamp woods

    91.   Forests of Temperate Europe

    9110

    Luzulo-Fagetum beech forests

    9120

    Atlantic acidophilous beech forests with Ilex and sometimes also Taxus in the shrublayer (Quercion robori-petraeae or Ilici-Fagenion)

    9130

    Asperulo-Fagetum beech forests

    9140

    Medio-European subalpine beech woods with Acer and Rumex arifolius

    9150

    Medio-European limestone beech forests of the Cephalanthero-Fagion

    9160

    Sub-Atlantic and medio-European oak or oak-hornbeam forests of the Carpinion betuli

    9170

    Galio-Carpinetum oak-hornbeam forests

    9180

    * Tilio-Acerion forests of slopes, screes and ravines

    9190

    Old acidophilous oak woods with Quercus robur on sandy plains

    91A0

    Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in the British Isles

    91B0

    Thermophilous Fraxinus angustifolia woods

    91C0

    * Caledonian forest

    91D0

    * Bog woodland

    91E0

    * Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)

    91F0

    Riparian mixed forests of Quercus robur, Ulmus laevis and Ulmus minor, Fraxinus excelsior or Fraxinus angustifolia, along the great rivers (Ulmenion minoris)

    91G0

    * Pannonic woods with Quercus petraea and Carpinus betulus

    91H0

    * Pannonian woods with Quercus pubescens

    91I0

    * Euro-Siberian steppic woods with Quercus spp.

    91J0

    * Taxus baccata woods of the British Isles

    91K0

    Illyrian Fagus sylvatica forests (Aremonio-Fagion)

    91L0

    Illyrian oak-hornbeam forests (Erythronio-Carpinion)

    91M0

    Pannonian-Balkanic turkey oak –sessile oak forests

    91N0

    * Pannonic inland sand dune thicket (Junipero-Populetum albae)

    91P0

    Holy Cross fir forest (Abietetum polonicum)

    91Q0

    Western Carpathian calcicolous Pinus sylvestris forests

    91R0

    Dinaric dolomite Scots pine forests (Genisto januensis-Pinetum)

    91S0

    * Western Pontic beech forests

    91T0

    Central European lichen Scots pine forests

    91U0

    Sarmatic steppe pine forest

    91V0

    Dacian Beech forests (Symphyto-Fagion)

    91W0

    Moesian beech forests

    91X0

    * Dobrogean beech forests

    91Y0

    Dacian oak & hornbeam forests

    91Z0

    Moesian silver lime woods

    91AA

    * Eastern white oak woods

    91BA

    Moesian silver fir forests

    91CA

    Rhodopide and Balkan Range Scots pine forests

    92.   Mediterranean deciduous forests

    9210

    * Apeninne beech forests with Taxus and Ilex

    9220

    * Apennine beech forests with Abies alba and beech forests with Abies nebrodensis

    9230

    Galicio-Portuguese oak woods with Quercus robur and Quercus pyrenaica

    9240

    Quercus faginea and Quercus canariensis Iberian woods

    9250

    Quercus trojana woods

    9260

    Castanea sativa woods

    9270

    Hellenic beech forests with Abies borisii-regis

    9280

    Quercus frainetto woods

    9290

    Cupressus forests (Acero-Cupression)

    92A0

    Salix alba and Populus alba galleries

    92B0

    Riparian formations on intermittent Mediterranean water courses with Rhododendron ponticum, Salix and others

    92C0

    Platanus orientalis and Liquidambar orientalis woods (Platanion orientalis)

    92D0

    Southern riparian galleries and thickets (Nerio-Tamaricetea and Securinegion tinctoriae)

    93.   Mediterranean sclerophyllous forests

    9310

    Aegean Quercus brachyphylla woods

    9320

    Olea and Ceratonia forests

    9330

    Quercus suber forests

    9340

    Quercus ilex and Quercus rotundifolia forests

    9350

    Quercus macrolepis forests

    9360

    * Macaronesian laurel forests (Laurus, Ocotea)

    9370

    * Palm groves of Phoenix

    9380

    Forests of Ilex aquifolium

    9390

    * Scrub and low forest vegetation with Quercus alnifolia

    93A0

    Woodlands with Quercus infectoria (Anagyro foetidae-Quercetum infectoriae)

    94.   Temperate mountainous coniferous forests

    9410

    Acidophilous Picea forests of the montane to alpine levels (Vaccinio-Piceetea)

    9420

    Alpine Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra forests

    9430

    Subalpine and montane Pinus uncinata forests (* if on gypsum or limestone)

    95.   Mediterranean and Macaronesian mountainous coniferous forests

    9510

    * Southern Apennine Abies alba forests

    9520

    Abies pinsapo forests

    9530

    * (Sub-) Mediterranean pine forests with endemic black pines

    9540

    Mediterranean pine forests with endemic Mesogean pines

    9550

    Canarian endemic pine forests

    9560

    * Endemic forests with Juniperus spp.

    9570

    * Tetraclinis articulata forests

    9580

    * Mediterranean Taxus baccata woods

    9590

    * Cedrus brevifolia forests (Cedrosetum brevifoliae)

    95A0

    High oro-Mediterranean pine forests




    ANNEX II

    ANIMAL AND PLANT SPECIES OF COMMUNITY INTEREST WHOSE CONSERVATION REQUIRES THE DESIGNATION OF SPECIAL AREAS OF CONSERVATION

    Interpretation

    (a)

    Annex II follows on from Annex I for the establishment of a consistent network of special areas of conservation.

    (b)

    The species listed in this Annex are indicated:

     by the name of the species or subspecies, or

     by all the species belonging to a higher taxon or to a designated part of that taxon.

    The abbreviation ‘spp.’ after the name of a family or genus designates all the species belonging to that family or genus.

    (c)

    Symbols

    An asterisk (*) before the name of a species indicates that it is a priority species.

    Most species listed in this Annex are also listed in Annex IV. Where a species appears in this Annex but does not appear in either Annex IV or Annex V, the species name is followed by the symbol (o); where a species which appears in this Annex also appears in Annex V but does not appear in Annex IV, its name is followed by the symbol (V).

    (a)   ANIMALS

    VERTEBRATES

    MAMMALS

    INSECTIVORA

    Talpidae

    Galemys pyrenaicus

    CHIROPTERA

    Rhinolophidae

    Rhinolophus blasii

    Rhinolophus euryale

    Rhinolophus ferrumequinum

    Rhinolophus hipposideros

    Rhinolophus mehelyi

    Vespertilionidae

    Barbastella barbastellus

    Miniopterus schreibersii

    Myotis bechsteinii

    Myotis blythii

    Myotis capaccinii

    Myotis dasycneme

    Myotis emarginatus

    Myotis myotis

    Pteropodidae

    Rousettus aegyptiacus

    RODENTIA

    Gliridae

    Myomimus roachi

    Sciuridae

    * Marmota marmota latirostris

    * Pteromys volans (Sciuropterus russicus)

    Spermophilus citellus (Citellus citellus)

    * Spermophilus suslicus (Citellus suslicus)

    Castoridae

    Castor fiber (except the Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Finnish and Swedish populations)

    Cricetidae

    Mesocricetus newtoni

    Microtidae

    Microtus cabrerae

    * Microtus oeconomus arenicola

    * Microtus oeconomus mehelyi

    Microtus tatricus

    Zapodidae

    Sicista subtilis

    CARNIVORA

    Canidae

    * Alopex lagopus

    * Canis lupus (except the Estonian population; Greek populations: only south of the 39th parallel; Spanish populations: only those south of the Duero; Latvian, Lithuanian and Finnish populations).

    Ursidae

    * Ursus arctos (except the Estonian, Finnish, and Swedish populations)

    Mustelidae

    * Gulo gulo

    Lutra lutra

    Mustela eversmanii

    * Mustela lutreola

    Vormela peregusna

    Felidae

    Lynx lynx (except the Estonian, Latvian and Finnish populations)

    * Lynx pardinus

    Phocidae

    Halichoerus grypus (V)

    * Monachus monachus

    Phoca hispida bottnica (V)

    * Phoca hispida saimensis

    Phoca vitulina (V)

    ARTIODACTYLA

    Cervidae

    * Cervus elaphus corsicanus

    Rangifer tarandus fennicus (o)

    Bovidae

    * Bison bonasus

    Capra aegagrus (natural populations)

    * Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica

    Ovis gmelini musimon (Ovis ammon musimon) (natural populations — Corsica and Sardinia)

    Ovis orientalis ophion (Ovis gmelini ophion)

    * Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata (Rupicapra rupicapra ornata)

    Rupicapra rupicapra balcanica

    * Rupicapra rupicapra tatrica

    CETACEA

    Phocoena phocoena

    Tursiops truncatus

    REPTILES

    CHELONIA (TESTUDINES)

    Testudinidae

    Testudo graeca

    Testudo hermanni

    Testudo marginata

    Cheloniidae

    * Caretta caretta

    * Chelonia mydas

    Emydidae

    Emys orbicularis

    Mauremys caspica

    Mauremys leprosa

    SAURIA

    Lacertidae

    Lacerta bonnali (Lacerta monticola)

    Lacerta monticola

    Lacerta schreiberi

    Gallotia galloti insulanagae

    * Gallotia simonyi

    Podarcis lilfordi

    Podarcis pityusensis

    Scincidae

    Chalcides simonyi (Chalcides occidentalis)

    Gekkonidae

    Phyllodactylus europaeus

    OPHIDIA (SERPENTES)

    Colubridae

    * Coluber cypriensis

    Elaphe quatuorlineata

    Elaphe situla

    * Natrix natrix cypriaca

    Viperidae

    * Macrovipera schweizeri (Vipera lebetina schweizeri)

    Vipera ursinii (except Vipera ursinii rakosiensis)

    * Vipera ursinii rakosiensis

    AMPHIBIANS

    CAUDATA

    Salamandridae

    Chioglossa lusitanica

    Mertensiella luschani (Salamandra luschani)

    * Salamandra aurorae (Salamandra atra aurorae)

    Salamandrina terdigitata

    Triturus carnifex (Triturus cristatus carnifex)

    Triturus cristatus (Triturus cristatus cristatus)

    Triturus dobrogicus (Triturus cristatus dobrogicus)

    Triturus karelinii (Triturus cristatus karelinii)

    Triturus montandoni

    Triturus vulgaris ampelensis

    Proteidae

    * Proteus anguinus

    Plethodontidae

    Hydromantes (Speleomantes) ambrosii

    Hydromantes (Speleomantes) flavus

    Hydromantes (Speleomantes) genei

    Hydromantes (Speleomantes) imperialis

    Hydromantes (Speleomantes) strinatii

    Hydromantes (Speleomantes) supramontis

    ANURA

    Discoglossidae

    * Alytes muletensis

    Bombina bombina

    Bombina variegata

    Discoglossus galganoi (including Discoglossus ‘jeanneae’)

    Discoglossus montalentii

    Discoglossus sardus

    Ranidae

    Rana latastei

    Pelobatidae

    * Pelobates fuscus insubricus

    FISH

    PETROMYZONIFORMES

    Petromyzonidae

    Eudontomyzon spp. (o)

    Lampetra fluviatilis (V) (except the Finnish and Swedish populations)

    Lampetra planeri (o) (except the Estonian, Finnish, and Swedish populations)

    Lethenteron zanandreai (V)

    Petromyzon marinus (o) (except the Swedish populations)

    ACIPENSERIFORMES

    Acipenseridae

    * Acipenser naccarii

    * Acipenser sturio

    CLUPEIFORMES

    Clupeidae

    Alosa spp. (V)

    SALMONIFORMES

    Salmonidae

    Hucho hucho (natural populations) (V)

    Salmo macrostigma (o)

    Salmo marmoratus (o)

    Salmo salar (only in fresh water) (V) (except the Finnish populations)

    Coregonidae

    * Coregonus oxyrhynchus (anadromous populations in certain sectors of the North Sea)

    Umbridae

    Umbra krameri (o)

    CYPRINIFORMES

    Cyprinidae

    Alburnus albidus (o) (Alburnus vulturius)

    Anaecypris hispanica

    Aspius aspius (V) (except the Finnish populations)

    Barbus comiza (V)

    Barbus meridionalis (V)

    Barbus plebejus (V)

    Chalcalburnus chalcoides (o)

    Chondrostoma genei (o)

    Chondrostoma lusitanicum (o)

    Chondrostoma polylepis (o) (including C. willkommi)

    Chondrostoma soetta (o)

    Chondrostoma toxostoma (o)

    Gobio albipinnatus (o)

    Gobio kessleri (o)

    Gobio uranoscopus (o)

    Iberocypris palaciosi (o)

    * Ladigesocypris ghigii (o)

    Leuciscus lucumonis (o)

    Leuciscus souffia (o)

    Pelecus cultratus (V)

    Phoxinellus spp. (o)

    * Phoxinus percnurus

    Rhodeus sericeus amarus (o)

    Rutilus pigus (V)

    Rutilus rubilio (o)

    Rutilus arcasii (o)

    Rutilus macrolepidotus (o)

    Rutilus lemmingii (o)

    Rutilus frisii meidingeri (V)

    Rutilus alburnoides (o)

    Scardinius graecus (o)

    Cobitidae

    Cobitis elongata (o)

    Cobitis taenia (o) (except the Finnish populations)

    Cobitis trichonica (o)

    Misgurnus fossilis (o)

    Sabanejewia aurata (o)

    Sabanejewia larvata (o) (Cobitis larvata and Cobitis conspersa)

    SILURIFORMES

    Siluridae

    Silurus aristotelis (V)

    ATHERINIFORMES

    Cyprinodontidae

    Aphanius iberus (o)

    Aphanius fasciatus (o)

    * Valencia hispanica

    * Valencia letourneuxi (Valencia hispanica)

    PERCIFORMES

    Percidae

    Gymnocephalus baloni

    Gymnocephalus schraetzer (V)

    * Romanichthys valsanicola

    Zingel spp. ((o) except Zingel asper and Zingel zingel (V))

    Gobiidae

    Knipowitschia (Padogobius) panizzae (o)

    Padogobius nigricans (o)

    Pomatoschistus canestrini (o)

    SCORPAENIFORMES

    Cottidae

    Cottus gobio (o) (except the Finnish populations)

    Cottus petiti (o)

    INVERTEBRATES

    ARTHROPODS

    CRUSTACEA

    Decapoda

    Austropotamobius pallipes (V)

    * Austropotamobius torrentium (V)

    Isopoda

    * Armadillidium ghardalamensis

    INSECTA

    Coleoptera

    Agathidium pulchellum (o)

    Bolbelasmus unicornis

    Boros schneideri (o)

    Buprestis splendens

    Carabus hampei

    Carabus hungaricus

    * Carabus menetriesi pacholei

    * Carabus olympiae

    Carabus variolosus

    Carabus zawadszkii

    Cerambyx cerdo

    Corticaria planula (o)

    Cucujus cinnaberinus

    Dorcadion fulvum cervae

    Duvalius gebhardti

    Duvalius hungaricus

    Dytiscus latissimus

    Graphoderus bilineatus

    Leptodirus hochenwarti

    Limoniscus violaceus (o)

    Lucanus cervus (o)

    Macroplea pubipennis (o)

    Mesosa myops (o)

    Morimus funereus (o)

    * Osmoderma eremita

    Oxyporus mannerheimii (o)

    Pilemia tigrina

    * Phryganophilus ruficollis

    Probaticus subrugosus

    Propomacrus cypriacus

    * Pseudogaurotina excellens

    Pseudoseriscius cameroni

    Pytho kolwensis

    Rhysodes sulcatus (o)

    * Rosalia alpina

    Stephanopachys linearis (o)

    Stephanopachys substriatus (o)

    Xyletinus tremulicola (o)

    Hemiptera

    Aradus angularis (o)

    Lepidoptera

    Agriades glandon aquilo (o)

    Arytrura musculus

    * Callimorpha (Euplagia, Panaxia) quadripunctaria (o)

    Catopta thrips

    Chondrosoma fiduciarium

    Clossiana improba (o)

    Coenonympha oedippus

    Colias myrmidone

    Cucullia mixta

    Dioszeghyana schmidtii

    Erannis ankeraria

    Erebia calcaria

    Erebia christi

    Erebia medusa polaris (o)

    Eriogaster catax

    Euphydryas (Eurodryas, Hypodryas) aurinia (o)

    Glyphipterix loricatella

    Gortyna borelii lunata

    Graellsia isabellae (V)

    Hesperia comma catena (o)

    Hypodryas maturna

    Leptidea morsei

    Lignyoptera fumidaria

    Lycaena dispar

    Lycaena helle

    Maculinea nausithous

    Maculinea teleius

    Melanargia arge

    * Nymphalis vaualbum

    Papilio hospiton

    Phyllometra culminaria

    Plebicula golgus

    Polymixis rufocincta isolata

    Polyommatus eroides

    Pseudophilotes bavius

    Xestia borealis (o)

    Xestia brunneopicta (o)

    * Xylomoia strix

    Mantodea

    Apteromantis aptera

    Odonata

    Coenagrion hylas (o)

    Coenagrion mercuriale (o)

    Coenagrion ornatum (o)

    Cordulegaster heros

    Cordulegaster trinacriae

    Gomphus graslinii

    Leucorrhinia pectoralis

    Lindenia tetraphylla

    Macromia splendens

    Ophiogomphus cecilia

    Oxygastra curtisii

    Orthoptera

    Baetica ustulata

    Brachytrupes megacephalus

    Isophya costata

    Isophya harzi

    Isophya stysi

    Myrmecophilus baronii

    Odontopodisma rubripes

    Paracaloptenus caloptenoides

    Pholidoptera transsylvanica

    Stenobothrus (Stenobothrodes) eurasius

    ARACHNIDA

    Pseudoscorpiones

    Anthrenochernes stellae (o)

    MOLLUSCS

    GASTROPODA

    Anisus vorticulus

    Caseolus calculus

    Caseolus commixta

    Caseolus sphaerula

    Chilostoma banaticum

    Discula leacockiana

    Discula tabellata

    Discus guerinianus

    Elona quimperiana

    Geomalacus maculosus

    Geomitra moniziana

    Gibbula nivosa

    * Helicopsis striata austriaca (o)

    Hygromia kovacsi

    Idiomela (Helix) subplicata

    Lampedusa imitatrix

    * Lampedusa melitensis

    Leiostyla abbreviata

    Leiostyla cassida

    Leiostyla corneocostata

    Leiostyla gibba

    Leiostyla lamellosa

    * Paladilhia hungarica

    Sadleriana pannonica

    Theodoxus transversalis

    Vertigo angustior (o)

    Vertigo genesii (o)

    Vertigo geyeri (o)

    Vertigo moulinsiana (o)

    BIVALVIA

    Unionoida

    Margaritifera durrovensis (Margaritifera margaritifera) (V)

    Margaritifera margaritifera (V)

    Unio crassus

    Dreissenidae

    Congeria kusceri

    (b)   PLANTS

    PTERIDOPHYTA

    ASPLENIACEAE

    Asplenium jahandiezii (Litard.) Rouy

    Asplenium adulterinum Milde

    BLECHNACEAE

    Woodwardia radicans (L.) Sm.

    DICKSONIACEAE

    Culcita macrocarpa C. Presl

    DRYOPTERIDACEAE

    Diplazium sibiricum (Turcz. ex Kunze) Kurata

    * Dryopteris corleyi Fraser-Jenk.

    Dryopteris fragans (L.) Schott

    HYMENOPHYLLACEAE

    Trichomanes speciosum Willd.

    ISOETACEAE

    Isoetes boryana Durieu

    Isoetes malinverniana Ces. & De Not.

    MARSILEACEAE

    Marsilea batardae Launert

    Marsilea quadrifolia L.

    Marsilea strigosa Willd.

    OPHIOGLOSSACEAE

    Botrychium simplex Hitchc.

    Ophioglossum polyphyllum A. Braun

    GYMNOSPERMAE

    PINACEAE

    * Abies nebrodensis (Lojac.) Mattei

    ANGIOSPERMAE

    ALISMATACEAE

    * Alisma wahlenbergii (Holmberg) Juz.

    Caldesia parnassifolia (L.) Parl.

    Luronium natans (L.) Raf.

    AMARYLLIDACEAE

    Leucojum nicaeense Ard.

    Narcissus asturiensis (Jordan) Pugsley

    Narcissus calcicola Mendonça

    Narcissus cyclamineus DC.

    Narcissus fernandesii G. Pedro

    Narcissus humilis (Cav.) Traub

    * Narcissus nevadensis Pugsley

    Narcissus pseudonarcissus L. subsp. nobilis (Haw.) A. Fernandes

    Narcissus scaberulus Henriq.

    Narcissus triandrus L. subsp. capax (Salisb.) D. A. Webb.

    Narcissus viridiflorus Schousboe

    ASCLEPIADACEAE

    Vincetoxicum pannonicum (Borhidi) Holub

    BORAGINACEAE

    * Anchusa crispa Viv.

    Echium russicum J.F.Gemlin

    * Lithodora nitida (H. Ern) R. Fernandes

    Myosotis lusitanica Schuster

    Myosotis rehsteineri Wartm.

    Myosotis retusifolia R. Afonso

    Omphalodes kuzinskyanae Willk.

    * Omphalodes littoralis Lehm.

    * Onosma tornensis Javorka

    Solenanthus albanicus (Degen & al.) Degen & Baldacci

    * Symphytum cycladense Pawl.

    CAMPANULACEAE

    Adenophora lilifolia (L.) Ledeb.

    Asyneuma giganteum (Boiss.) Bornm.

    * Campanula bohemica Hruby

    * Campanula gelida Kovanda

    Campanula romanica Săvul.

    * Campanula sabatia De Not.

    * Campanula serrata (Kit.) Hendrych

    Campanula zoysii Wulfen

    Jasione crispa (Pourret) Samp. subsp. serpentinica Pinto da Silva

    Jasione lusitanica A. DC.

    CARYOPHYLLACEAE

    Arenaria ciliata L. subsp. pseudofrigida Ostenf. & O.C. Dahl

    Arenaria humifusa Wahlenberg

    * Arenaria nevadensis Boiss. & Reuter

    Arenaria provincialis Chater & Halliday

    * Cerastium alsinifolium Tausch Cerastium dinaricum G. Beck & Szysz.

    Dianthus arenarius L. subsp. arenarius

    * Dianthus arenarius subsp. bohemicus (Novak) O.Schwarz

    Dianthus cintranus Boiss. & Reuter subsp. cintranus Boiss. & Reuter

    * Dianthus diutinus Kit.

    * Dianthus lumnitzeri Wiesb.

    Dianthus marizii (Samp.) Samp.

    * Dianthus moravicus Kovanda

    * Dianthus nitidus Waldst. et Kit.

    Dianthus plumarius subsp. regis-stephani (Rapcs.) Baksay

    Dianthus rupicola Biv.

    * Gypsophila papillosa P. Porta

    Herniaria algarvica Chaudhri

    * Herniaria latifolia Lapeyr. subsp. litardierei Gamis

    Herniaria lusitanica (Chaudhri) subsp. berlengiana Chaudhri

    Herniaria maritima Link

    * Minuartia smejkalii Dvorakova

    Moehringia jankae Griseb. ex Janka

    Moehringia lateriflora (L.) Fenzl.

    Moehringia tommasinii Marches.

    Moehringia villosa (Wulfen) Fenzl

    Petrocoptis grandiflora Rothm.

    Petrocoptis montsicciana O. Bolos & Rivas Mart.

    Petrocoptis pseudoviscosa Fernández Casas

    Silene furcata Rafin. subsp. angustiflora (Rupr.) Walters

    * Silene hicesiae Brullo & Signorello

    Silene hifacensis Rouy ex Willk.

    * Silene holzmanii Heldr. ex Boiss.

    Silene longicilia (Brot.) Otth.

    Silene mariana Pau

    * Silene orphanidis Boiss

    * Silene rothmaleri Pinto da Silva

    * Silene velutina Pourret ex Loisel.

    CHENOPODIACEAE

    * Bassia (Kochia) saxicola (Guss.) A. J. Scott

    * Cremnophyton lanfrancoi Brullo et Pavone

    * Salicornia veneta Pignatti & Lausi

    CISTACEAE

    Cistus palhinhae Ingram

    Halimium verticillatum (Brot.) Sennen

    Helianthemum alypoides Losa & Rivas Goday

    Helianthemum caput-felis Boiss.

    * Tuberaria major (Willk.) Pinto da Silva & Rozeira

    COMPOSITAE

    * Anthemis glaberrima (Rech. f.) Greuter

    Artemisia campestris L. subsp. bottnica A.N. Lundström ex Kindb.

    * Artemisia granatensis Boiss.

    * Artemisia laciniata Willd.

    Artemisia oelandica (Besser) Komaror

    * Artemisia pancicii (Janka) Ronn.

    * Aster pyrenaeus Desf. ex DC

    * Aster sorrentinii (Tod) Lojac.

    Carlina onopordifolia Besser

    * Carduus myriacanthus Salzm. ex DC.

    * Centaurea alba L. subsp. heldreichii (Halacsy) Dostal

    * Centaurea alba L. subsp. princeps (Boiss. & Heldr.) Gugler

    * Centaurea akamantis T. Georgiadis & G. Chatzikyriakou

    * Centaurea attica Nyman subsp. megarensis (Halacsy & Hayek) Dostal

    * Centaurea balearica J. D. Rodriguez

    * Centaurea borjae Valdes-Berm. & Rivas Goday

    * Centaurea citricolor Font Quer

    Centaurea corymbosa Pourret

    Centaurea gadorensis G. Blanca

    * Centaurea horrida Badaro

    Centaurea immanuelis-loewii Degen

    Centaurea jankae Brandza

    * Centaurea kalambakensis Freyn & Sint.

    Centaurea kartschiana Scop.

    * Centaurea lactiflora Halacsy

    Centaurea micrantha Hoffmanns. & Link subsp. herminii (Rouy) Dostál

    * Centaurea niederi Heldr.

    * Centaurea peucedanifolia Boiss. & Orph.

    * Centaurea pinnata Pau

    Centaurea pontica Prodan & E. I. Nyárády

    Centaurea pulvinata (G. Blanca) G. Blanca

    Centaurea rothmalerana (Arènes) Dostál

    Centaurea vicentina Mariz

    Cirsium brachycephalum Juratzka

    * Crepis crocifolia Boiss. & Heldr.

    Crepis granatensis (Willk.) B. Blanca & M. Cueto

    Crepis pusilla (Sommier) Merxmüller

    Crepis tectorum L. subsp. nigrescens

    Erigeron frigidus Boiss. ex DC.

    * Helichrysum melitense (Pignatti) Brullo et al

    Hymenostemma pseudanthemis (Kunze) Willd.

    Hyoseris frutescens Brullo et Pavone

    * Jurinea cyanoides (L.) Reichenb.

    * Jurinea fontqueri Cuatrec.

    * Lamyropsis microcephala (Moris) Dittrich & Greuter

    Leontodon microcephalus (Boiss. ex DC.) Boiss.

    Leontodon boryi Boiss.

    * Leontodon siculus (Guss.) Finch & Sell

    Leuzea longifolia Hoffmanns. & Link

    Ligularia sibirica (L.) Cass.

    * Palaeocyanus crassifolius (Bertoloni) Dostal

    Santolina impressa Hoffmanns. & Link

    Santolina semidentata Hoffmanns. & Link

    Saussurea alpina subsp. esthonica (Baer ex Rupr) Kupffer

    * Senecio elodes Boiss. ex DC.

    Senecio jacobea L. subsp. gotlandicus (Neuman) Sterner

    Senecio nevadensis Boiss. & Reuter

    * Serratula lycopifolia (Vill.) A.Kern

    Tephroseris longifolia (Jacq.) Griseb et Schenk subsp. moravica

    CONVOLVULACEAE

    * Convolvulus argyrothamnus Greuter

    * Convolvulus fernandesii Pinto da Silva & Teles

    CRUCIFERAE

    Alyssum pyrenaicum Lapeyr.

    * Arabis kennedyae Meikle

    Arabis sadina (Samp.) P. Cout.

    Arabis scopoliana Boiss

    * Biscutella neustriaca Bonnet

    Biscutella vincentina (Samp.) Rothm.

    Boleum asperum (Pers.) Desvaux

    Brassica glabrescens Poldini

    Brassica hilarionis Post

    Brassica insularis Moris

    * Brassica macrocarpa Guss.

    Braya linearis Rouy

    * Cochlearia polonica E. Fröhlich

    * Cochlearia tatrae Borbas

    * Coincya rupestris Rouy

    * Coronopus navasii Pau

    Crambe tataria Sebeok

    Diplotaxis ibicensis (Pau) Gómez-Campo

    * Diplotaxis siettiana Maire

    Diplotaxis vicentina (P. Cout.) Rothm.

    Draba cacuminum Elis Ekman

    Draba cinerea Adams

    Draba dorneri Heuffel.

    Erucastrum palustre (Pirona) Vis.

    * Erysimum pieninicum (Zapal.) Pawl.

    * Iberis arbuscula Runemark

    Iberis procumbens Lange subsp. microcarpa Franco & Pinto da Silva

    * Jonopsidium acaule (Desf.) Reichenb.

    Jonopsidium savianum (Caruel) Ball ex Arcang.

    Rhynchosinapis erucastrum (L.) Dandy ex Clapham subsp. cintrana (Coutinho) Franco & P. Silva (Coincya cintrana (P. Cout.) Pinto da Silva)

    Sisymbrium cavanillesianum Valdés & Castroviejo

    Sisymbrium supinum L.

    Thlaspi jankae A.Kern.

    CYPERACEAE

    Carex holostoma Drejer

    * Carex panormitana Guss.

    Eleocharis carniolica Koch

    DIOSCOREACEAE

    * Borderea chouardii (Gaussen) Heslot

    DROSERACEAE

    Aldrovanda vesiculosa L.

    ELATINACEAE

    Elatine gussonei (Sommier) Brullo et al

    ERICACEAE

    Rhododendron luteum Sweet

    EUPHORBIACEAE

    * Euphorbia margalidiana Kuhbier & Lewejohann

    Euphorbia transtagana Boiss.

    GENTIANACEAE

    * Centaurium rigualii Esteve

    * Centaurium somedanum Lainz

    Gentiana ligustica R. de Vilm. & Chopinet

    Gentianella anglica (Pugsley) E. F. Warburg

    * Gentianella bohemica Skalicky

    GERANIACEAE

    * Erodium astragaloides Boiss. & Reuter

    Erodium paularense Fernández-González & Izco

    * Erodium rupicola Boiss.

    GLOBULARIACEAE

    * Globularia stygia Orph. ex Boiss.

    GRAMINEAE

    Arctagrostis latifolia (R. Br.) Griseb.

    Arctophila fulva (Trin.) N. J. Anderson

    Avenula hackelii (Henriq.) Holub

    Bromus grossus Desf. ex DC.

    Calamagrostis chalybaea (Laest.) Fries

    Cinna latifolia (Trev.) Griseb.

    Coleanthus subtilis (Tratt.) Seidl

    Festuca brigantina (Markgr.-Dannenb.) Markgr.-Dannenb.

    Festuca duriotagana Franco & R. Afonso

    Festuca elegans Boiss.

    Festuca henriquesii Hack.

    Festuca summilusitana Franco & R. Afonso

    Gaudinia hispanica Stace & Tutin

    Holcus setiglumis Boiss. & Reuter subsp. duriensis Pinto da Silva

    Micropyropsis tuberosa Romero — Zarco & Cabezudo

    Poa granitica Br.-Bl. subsp. disparilis (E. I. Nyárády) E. I. Nyárády

    * Poa riphaea (Ascher et Graebner) Fritsch

    Pseudarrhenatherum pallens (Link) J. Holub

    Puccinellia phryganodes (Trin.) Scribner + Merr.

    Puccinellia pungens (Pau) Paunero

    * Stipa austroitalica Martinovsky

    * Stipa bavarica Martinovsky & H. Scholz

    Stipa danubialis Dihoru & Roman

    * Stipa styriaca Martinovsky

    * Stipa veneta Moraldo

    * Stipa zalesskii Wilensky

    Trisetum subalpestre (Hartman) Neuman

    GROSSULARIACEAE

    * Ribes sardoum Martelli

    HIPPURIDACEAE

    Hippuris tetraphylla L. Fil.

    HYPERICACEAE

    * Hypericum aciferum (Greuter) N.K.B. Robson

    IRIDACEAE

    Crocus cyprius Boiss. et Kotschy

    Crocus hartmannianus Holmboe

    Gladiolus palustris Gaud.

    Iris aphylla L. subsp. hungarica Hegi

    Iris humilis Georgi subsp. arenaria (Waldst. et Kit.) A. et D.Löve

    JUNCACEAE

    Juncus valvatus Link

    Luzula arctica Blytt

    LABIATAE

    Dracocephalum austriacum L.

    * Micromeria taygetea P. H. Davis

    Nepeta dirphya (Boiss.) Heldr. ex Halacsy

    * Nepeta sphaciotica P. H. Davis

    Origanum dictamnus L.

    Phlomis brevibracteata Turril

    Phlomis cypria Post

    Salvia veneris Hedge

    Sideritis cypria Post

    Sideritis incana subsp. glauca (Cav.) Malagarriga

    Sideritis javalambrensis Pau

    Sideritis serrata Cav. ex Lag.

    Teucrium lepicephalum Pau

    Teucrium turredanum Losa & Rivas Goday

    * Thymus camphoratus Hoffmanns. & Link

    Thymus carnosus Boiss.

    * Thymus lotocephalus G. López & R. Morales (Thymus cephalotos L.)

    LEGUMINOSAE

    Anthyllis hystrix Cardona, Contandr. & E. Sierra

    * Astragalus algarbiensis Coss. ex Bunge

    * Astragalus aquilanus Anzalone

    Astragalus centralpinus Braun-Blanquet

    * Astragalus macrocarpus DC. subsp. lefkarensis

    * Astragalus maritimus Moris

    Astragalus peterfii Jáv.

    Astragalus tremolsianus Pau

    * Astragalus verrucosus Moris

    * Cytisus aeolicus Guss. ex Lindl.

    Genista dorycnifolia Font Quer

    Genista holopetala (Fleischm. ex Koch) Baldacci

    Melilotus segetalis (Brot.) Ser. subsp. fallax Franco

    * Ononis hackelii Lange

    Trifolium saxatile All.

    * Vicia bifoliolata J.D. Rodríguez

    LENTIBULARIACEAE

    * Pinguicula crystallina Sm.

    Pinguicula nevadensis (Lindb.) Casper

    LILIACEAE

    Allium grosii Font Quer

    * Androcymbium rechingeri Greuter

    * Asphodelus bento-rainhae P. Silva

    * Chionodoxa lochiae Meikle in Kew Bull.

    Colchicum arenarium Waldst. et Kit.

    Hyacinthoides vicentina (Hoffmans. & Link) Rothm.

    * Muscari gussonei (Parl.) Tod.

    Scilla litardierei Breist.

    * Scilla morrisii Meikle

    Tulipa cypria Stapf

    Tulipa hungarica Borbas

    LINACEAE

    * Linum dolomiticum Borbas

    * Linum muelleri Moris (Linum maritimum muelleri)

    LYTHRACEAE

    * Lythrum flexuosum Lag.

    MALVACEAE

    Kosteletzkya pentacarpos (L.) Ledeb.

    NAJADACEAE

    Najas flexilis (Willd.) Rostk. & W.L. Schmidt

    Najas tenuissima (A. Braun) Magnus

    OLEACEAE

    Syringa josikaea Jacq. Fil. ex Reichenb.

    ORCHIDACEAE

    Anacamptis urvilleana Sommier et Caruana Gatto

    Calypso bulbosa L.

    * Cephalanthera cucullata Boiss. & Heldr.

    Cypripedium calceolus L.

    Dactylorhiza kalopissii E.Nelson

    Gymnigritella runei Teppner & Klein

    Himantoglossum adriaticum Baumann

    Himantoglossum caprinum (Bieb.) V.Koch

    Liparis loeselii (L.) Rich.

    * Ophrys kotschyi H.Fleischm. et Soo

    * Ophrys lunulata Parl.

    Ophrys melitensis (Salkowski) J et P Devillers-Terschuren

    Platanthera obtusata (Pursh) subsp. oligantha (Turez.) Hulten

    OROBANCHACEAE

    Orobanche densiflora Salzm. ex Reut.

    PAEONIACEAE

    Paeonia cambessedesii (Willk.) Willk.

    Paeonia clusii F.C. Stern subsp. rhodia (Stearn) Tzanoudakis

    Paeonia officinalis L. subsp. banatica (Rachel) Soo

    Paeonia parnassica Tzanoudakis

    PALMAE

    Phoenix theophrasti Greuter

    PAPAVERACEAE

    Corydalis gotlandica Lidén

    Papaver laestadianum (Nordh.) Nordh.

    Papaver radicatum Rottb. subsp. hyperboreum Nordh.

    PLANTAGINACEAE

    Plantago algarbiensis Sampaio (Plantago bracteosa (Willk.) G. Sampaio)

    Plantago almogravensis Franco

    PLUMBAGINACEAE

    Armeria berlengensis Daveau

    * Armeria helodes Martini & Pold

    Armeria neglecta Girard

    Armeria pseudarmeria (Murray) Mansfeld

    * Armeria rouyana Daveau

    Armeria soleirolii (Duby) Godron

    Armeria velutina Welw. ex Boiss. & Reuter

    Limonium dodartii (Girard) O. Kuntze subsp. lusitanicum (Daveau) Franco

    * Limonium insulare (Beg. & Landi) Arrig. & Diana

    Limonium lanceolatum (Hoffmans. & Link) Franco

    Limonium multiflorum Erben

    * Limonium pseudolaetum Arrig. & Diana

    * Limonium strictissimum (Salzmann) Arrig.

    POLYGONACEAE

    Persicaria foliosa (H. Lindb.) Kitag.

    Polygonum praelongum Coode & Cullen

    Rumex rupestris Le Gall

    PRIMULACEAE

    Androsace mathildae Levier

    Androsace pyrenaica Lam.

    * Cyclamen fatrense Halda et Sojak

    * Primula apennina Widmer

    Primula carniolica Jacq.

    Primula nutans Georgi

    Primula palinuri Petagna

    Primula scandinavica Bruun

    Soldanella villosa Darracq.

    RANUNCULACEAE

    * Aconitum corsicum Gayer (Aconitum napellus subsp. corsicum)

    Aconitum firmum (Reichenb.) Neilr subsp. moravicum Skalicky

    Adonis distorta Ten.

    Aquilegia bertolonii Schott

    Aquilegia kitaibelii Schott

    * Aquilegia pyrenaica D.C. subsp. cazorlensis (Heywood) Galiano

    * Consolida samia P.H. Davis

    * Delphinium caseyi B.L.Burtt

    Pulsatilla grandis Wenderoth Pulsatilla patens (L.) Miller

    * Pulsatilla pratensis (L.) Miller subsp. hungarica Soo

    * Pulsatilla slavica G.Reuss.

    * Pulsatilla subslavica Futak ex Goliasova

    Pulsatilla vulgaris Hill. subsp. gotlandica (Johanss.) Zaemelis & Paegle

    Ranunculus kykkoensis Meikle

    Ranunculus lapponicus L.

    * Ranunculus weyleri Mares

    RESEDACEAE

    *Reseda decursiva Forssk.

    ROSACEAE

    Agrimonia pilosa Ledebour

    Potentilla delphinensis Gren. & Godron

    Potentilla emilii-popii Nyárády

    * Pyrus magyarica Terpo

    Sorbus teodorii Liljefors

    RUBIACEAE

    Galium cracoviense Ehrend.

    * Galium litorale Guss.

    Galium moldavicum (Dobrescu) Franco

    * Galium sudeticum Tausch

    * Galium viridiflorum Boiss. & Reuter

    SALICACEAE

    Salix salvifolia Brot. subsp. australis Franco

    SANTALACEAE

    Thesium ebracteatum Hayne

    SAXIFRAGACEAE

    Saxifraga berica (Beguinot) D.A. Webb

    Saxifraga florulenta Moretti

    Saxifraga hirculus L.

    Saxifraga osloënsis Knaben

    Saxifraga tombeanensis Boiss. ex Engl.

    SCROPHULARIACEAE

    Antirrhinum charidemi Lange

    Chaenorrhinum serpyllifolium (Lange) Lange subsp. lusitanicum R. Fernandes

    * Euphrasia genargentea (Feoli) Diana

    Euphrasia marchesettii Wettst. ex Marches.

    Linaria algarviana Chav.

    Linaria coutinhoi Valdés

    Linaria loeselii Schweigger

    * Linaria ficalhoana Rouy

    Linaria flava (Poiret) Desf.

    * Linaria hellenica Turrill

    Linaria pseudolaxiflora Lojacono

    * Linaria ricardoi Cout.

    Linaria tonzigii Lona

    * Linaria tursica B. Valdés & Cabezudo

    Odontites granatensis Boiss.

    * Pedicularis sudetica Willd.

    Rhinanthus oesilensis (Ronniger & Saarsoo) Vassilcz

    Tozzia carpathica Wol.

    Verbascum litigiosum Samp.

    Veronica micrantha Hoffmanns. & Link

    * Veronica oetaea L.-A. Gustavsson

    SOLANACEAE

    *Atropa baetica Willk.

    THYMELAEACEAE

    * Daphne arbuscula Celak

    Daphne petraea Leybold

    * Daphne rodriguezii Texidor

    ULMACEAE

    Zelkova abelicea (Lam.) Boiss.

    UMBELLIFERAE

    * Angelica heterocarpa Lloyd

    Angelica palustris (Besser) Hoffm.

    * Apium bermejoi Llorens

    Apium repens (Jacq.) Lag.

    Athamanta cortiana Ferrarini

    * Bupleurum capillare Boiss. & Heldr.

    * Bupleurum kakiskalae Greuter

    Eryngium alpinum L.

    * Eryngium viviparum Gay

    * Ferula sadleriana Lebed.

    Hladnikia pastinacifolia Reichenb.

    * Laserpitium longiradium Boiss.

    * Naufraga balearica Constans & Cannon

    * Oenanthe conioides Lange

    Petagnia saniculifolia Guss.

    Rouya polygama (Desf.) Coincy

    * Seseli intricatum Boiss.

    Seseli leucospermum Waldst. et Kit

    Thorella verticillatinundata (Thore) Briq.

    VALERIANACEAE

    Centranthus trinervis (Viv.) Beguinot

    VIOLACEAE

    Viola delphinantha Boiss.

    * Viola hispida Lam.

    Viola jaubertiana Mares & Vigineix

    Viola rupestris F.W. Schmidt subsp. relicta Jalas

    LOWER PLANTS

    BRYOPHYTA

    Bruchia vogesiaca Schwaegr. (o)

    Bryhnia novae-angliae (Sull & Lesq.) Grout (o)

    * Bryoerythrophyllum campylocarpum (C. Müll.) Crum. (Bryoerythrophyllum machadoanum (Sergio) M. O. Hill) (o)

    Buxbaumia viridis (Moug.) Moug. & Nestl. (o)

    Cephalozia macounii (Aust.) Aust. (o)

    Cynodontium suecicum (H. Arn. & C. Jens.) I. Hag. (o)

    Dichelyma capillaceum (Dicks) Myr. (o)

    Dicranum viride (Sull. & Lesq.) Lindb. (o)

    Distichophyllum carinatum Dix. & Nich. (o)

    Drepanocladus (Hamatocaulis) vernicosus (Mitt.) Warnst. (o)

    Encalypta mutica (I. Hagen) (o)

    Hamatocaulis lapponicus (Norrl.) Hedenäs (o)

    Herzogiella turfacea (Lindb.) I. Wats. (o)

    Hygrohypnum montanum (Lindb.) Broth. (o)

    Jungermannia handelii (Schiffn.) Amak. (o)

    Mannia triandra (Scop.) Grolle (o)

    * Marsupella profunda Lindb. (o)

    Meesia longiseta Hedw. (o)

    Nothothylas orbicularis (Schwein.) Sull. (o)

    Ochyraea tatrensis Vana (o)

    Orthothecium lapponicum (Schimp.) C. Hartm. (o)

    Orthotrichum rogeri Brid. (o)

    Petalophyllum ralfsii (Wils.) Nees & Gott. (o)

    Plagiomnium drummondii (Bruch & Schimp.) T. Kop. (o)

    Riccia breidleri Jur. (o)

    Riella helicophylla (Bory & Mont.) Mont. (o)

    Scapania massolongi (K. Müll.) K. Müll. (o)

    Sphagnum pylaisii Brid. (o)

    Tayloria rudolphiana (Garov) B. & S. (o)

    Tortella rigens (N. Alberts) (o)

    SPECIES FOR MACARONESIA

    PTERIDOPHYTA

    HYMENOPHYLLACEAE

    Hymenophyllum maderensis Gibby & Lovis

    DRYOPTERIDACEAE

    * Polystichum drepanum (Sw.) C. Presl.

    ISOETACEAE

    Isoetes azorica Durieu & Paiva ex Milde

    MARSILEACEAE

    * Marsilea azorica Launert & Paiva

    ANGIOSPERMAE

    ASCLEPIADACEAE

    Caralluma burchardii N. E. Brown

    * Ceropegia chrysantha Svent.

    BORAGINACEAE

    Echium candicans L. fil.

    * Echium gentianoides Webb & Coincy

    Myosotis azorica H. C. Watson

    Myosotis maritima Hochst. in Seub.

    CAMPANULACEAE

    * Azorina vidalii (H. C. Watson) Feer

    Musschia aurea (L. f.) DC.

    * Musschia wollastonii Lowe

    CAPRIFOLIACEAE

    * Sambucus palmensis Link

    CARYOPHYLLACEAE

    Spergularia azorica (Kindb.) Lebel

    CELASTRACEAE

    Maytenus umbellata (R. Br.) Mabb.

    CHENOPODIACEAE

    Beta patula Ait.

    CISTACEAE

    Cistus chinamadensis Banares & Romero

    * Helianthemum bystropogophyllum Svent.

    COMPOSITAE

    Andryala crithmifolia Ait.

    * Argyranthemum lidii Humphries

    Argyranthemum thalassophylum (Svent.) Hump.

    Argyranthemum winterii (Svent.) Humphries

    * Atractylis arbuscula Svent. & Michaelis

    Atractylis preauxiana Schultz.

    Calendula maderensis DC.

    Cheirolophus duranii (Burchard) Holub

    Cheirolophus ghomerytus (Svent.) Holub

    Cheirolophus junonianus (Svent.) Holub

    Cheirolophus massonianus (Lowe) Hansen & Sund.

    Cirsium latifolium Lowe

    Helichrysum gossypinum Webb

    Helichrysum monogynum Burtt & Sund.

    Hypochoeris oligocephala (Svent. & Bramw.) Lack

    * Lactuca watsoniana Trel.

    * Onopordum nogalesii Svent.

    * Onorpordum carduelinum Bolle

    * Pericallis hadrosoma (Svent.) B. Nord.

    Phagnalon benettii Lowe

    Stemmacantha cynaroides (Chr. Son. in Buch) Ditt

    Sventenia bupleuroides Font Quer

    * Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum Webb & Berth

    CONVOLVULACEAE

    * Convolvulus caput-medusae Lowe

    * Convolvulus lopez-socasii Svent.

    * Convolvulus massonii A. Dietr.

    CRASSULACEAE

    Aeonium gomeraense Praeger

    Aeonium saundersii Bolle

    Aichryson dumosum (Lowe) Praeg.

    Monanthes wildpretii Banares & Scholz

    Sedum brissemoretii Raymond-Hamet

    CRUCIFERAE

    * Crambe arborea Webb ex Christ

    Crambe laevigata DC. ex Christ

    * Crambe sventenii R. Petters ex Bramwell & Sund.

    * Parolinia schizogynoides Svent.

    Sinapidendron rupestre (Ait.) Lowe

    CYPERACEAE

    Carex malato-belizii Raymond

    DIPSACACEAE

    Scabiosa nitens Roemer & J. A. Schultes

    ERICACEAE

    Erica scoparia L. subsp. azorica (Hochst.) D. A. Webb

    EUPHORBIACEAE

    * Euphorbia handiensis Burchard

    Euphorbia lambii Svent.

    Euphorbia stygiana H. C. Watson

    GERANIACEAE

    * Geranium maderense P. F. Yeo

    GRAMINEAE

    Deschampsia maderensis (Haeck. & Born.) Buschm.

    Phalaris maderensis (Menezes) Menezes

    GLOBULARIACEAE

    * Globularia ascanii D. Bramwell & Kunkel

    * Globularia sarcophylla Svent.

    LABIATAE

    * Sideritis cystosiphon Svent.

    * Sideritis discolor (Webb ex de Noe) Bolle

    Sideritis infernalis Bolle

    Sideritis marmorea Bolle

    Teucrium abutiloides L'Hér.

    Teucrium betonicum L'Hér.

    LEGUMINOSAE

    * Anagyris latifolia Brouss. ex. Willd.

    Anthyllis lemanniana Lowe

    * Dorycnium spectabile Webb & Berthel

    * Lotus azoricus P. W. Ball

    Lotus callis-viridis D. Bramwell & D. H. Davis

    * Lotus kunkelii (E. Chueca) D. Bramwell & al.

    * Teline rosmarinifolia Webb & Berthel.

    * Teline salsoloides Arco & Acebes.

    Vicia dennesiana H. C. Watson

    LILIACEAE

    * Androcymbium psammophilum Svent.

    Scilla maderensis Menezes

    Semele maderensis Costa

    LORANTHACEAE

    Arceuthobium azoricum Wiens & Hawksw.

    MYRICACEAE

    * Myrica rivas-martinezii Santos.

    OLEACEAE

    Jasminum azoricum L.

    Picconia azorica (Tutin) Knobl.

    ORCHIDACEAE

    Goodyera macrophylla Lowe

    PITTOSPORACEAE

    * Pittosporum coriaceum Dryand. ex. Ait.

    PLANTAGINACEAE

    Plantago malato-belizii Lawalree

    PLUMBAGINACEAE

    * Limonium arborescens (Brouss.) Kuntze

    Limonium dendroides Svent.

    *Limonium spectabile (Svent.) Kunkel & Sunding

    *Limonium sventenii Santos & Fernández Galván

    POLYGONACEAE

    Rumex azoricus Rech. fil.

    RHAMNACEAE

    Frangula azorica Tutin

    ROSACEAE

    * Bencomia brachystachya Svent.

    Bencomia sphaerocarpa Svent.

    * Chamaemeles coriacea Lindl.

    Dendriopoterium pulidoi Svent.

    Marcetella maderensis (Born.) Svent.

    Prunus lusitanica L. subsp. azorica (Mouillef.) Franco

    Sorbus maderensis (Lowe) Dode

    SANTALACEAE

    Kunkeliella subsucculenta Kammer

    SCROPHULARIACEAE

    * Euphrasia azorica H.C. Watson

    Euphrasia grandiflora Hochst. in Seub.

    * Isoplexis chalcantha Svent. & O'Shanahan

    Isoplexis isabelliana (Webb & Berthel.) Masferrer

    Odontites holliana (Lowe) Benth.

    Sibthorpia peregrina L.

    SOLANACEAE

    * Solanum lidii Sunding

    UMBELLIFERAE

    Ammi trifoliatum (H. C. Watson) Trelease

    Bupleurum handiense (Bolle) Kunkel

    Chaerophyllum azoricum Trelease

    Ferula latipinna Santos

    Melanoselinum decipiens (Schrader & Wendl.) Hoffm.

    Monizia edulis Lowe

    Oenanthe divaricata (R. Br.) Mabb.

    Sanicula azorica Guthnick ex Seub.

    VIOLACEAE

    Viola paradoxa Lowe

    LOWER PLANTS

    BRYOPHYTA

    * Echinodium spinosum (Mitt.) Jur. (o)

    * Thamnobryum fernandesii Sergio (o).

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    ANNEX III

    CRITERIA FOR SELECTING SITES ELIGIBLE FOR IDENTIFICATION AS SITES OF COMMUNITY IMPORTANCE AND DESIGNATION AS SPECIAL AREAS OF CONSERVATION

    STAGE 1:   Assessment at national level of the relative importance of sites for each natural habitat type in Annex I and each species in Annex II (including priority natural habitat types and priority species)

    A.   Site assessment criteria for a given natural habitat type in Annex I

    (a) Degree of representativity of the natural habitat ►C1  type on the site. ◄

    (b) Area of the site covered by the natural habitat type in relation to the total area covered by that natural habitat type within national territory.

    (c) Degree of conservation of the structure and functions of the natural habitat type concerned and restoration possibilities.

    (d) Global assessment of the value of the site for conservation of the natural habitat type concerned.

    B.   Site assessment criteria for a given species in Annex II

    (a) Size and density of the population of the species present on the site in relation to the populations present within national territory.

    (b) Degree of conservation of the features of the habitat which are important for the species concerned and restoration possibilities.

    (c) Degree of isolation of the population present on the site in relation to the natural range of the species.

    (d) Global assessment of the value of the site for conservation of the species concerned.

    C.

    On the basis of these criteria, Member States will classify the sites which they propose on the national list as sites eligible for identification as sites of Community importance according to their relative value for the conservation of each natural habitat type in Annex I or each species in Annex II.

    D.

    That list will show the sites containing the priority natural habitat types and priority species selected by the Member States on the basis of the criteria in A and B above.

    STAGE 2:   Assessment of the Community importance of the sites included on the national lists

    1.

    All the sites identified by the Member States in Stage 1 which contain priority natural habitat types and/or species will be considered as sites of Community importance.

    2.

    The assessment of the Community importance of other sites on Member States' lists, i.e. their contribution to maintaining or re-establishing, at a favourable conservation status, a natural habitat in Annex I or a species in Annex II and/or to the coherence of Natura 2000 will take account of the following criteria:

    (a) relative value of the site at national level;

    (b) geographical situation of the site in relation to migration routes of species in Annex II and whether it belongs to a continuous ecosystem situated on both sides of one or more internal Community frontiers;

    (c) total area of the site;

    (d) number of natural habitat types in Annex I and species in Annex II present on the site;

    (e) global ecological value of the site for the biogeographical regions concerned and/or for the whole of the territory referred to in Article 2, as regards both ►C1  the characteristic or unique ◄ aspect of its features and the way they are combined.

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    ANNEX IV

    ANIMAL AND PLANT SPECIES OF COMMUNITY INTEREST IN NEED OF STRICT PROTECTION

    The species listed in this Annex are indicated:

     by the name of species or subspecies, or

     by the body of species belonging to a higher taxon or to a designated part of that taxon.

    The abbreviation ‘spp.’ after the name of a family or genus designates all the species belonging to that family or genus.

    (a)   ANIMALS

    VERTEBRATES

    MAMMALS

    INSECTIVORA

    Erinaceidae

    Erinaceus algirus

    Soricidae

    Crocidura canariensis

    Crocidura sicula

    Talpidae

    Galemys pyrenaicus

    MICROCHIROPTERA

    All species

    MEGACHIROPTERA

    Pteropodidae

    Rousettus aegyptiacus

    RODENTIA

    Gliridae

    All species except Glis glis and Eliomys quercinus

    Sciuridae

    Marmota marmota latirostris

    Pteromys volans (Sciuropterus russicus)

    Spermophilus citellus (Citellus citellus)

    Spermophilus suslicus (Citellus suslicus)

    Sciurus anomalus

    Castoridae

    Castor fiber (except the Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Finnish and Swedish, populations)

    Cricetidae

    Cricetus cricetus (except the Hungarian populations)

    Mesocricetus newtoni

    Microtidae

    Microtus cabrerae

    Microtus oeconomus arenicola

    Microtus oeconomus mehelyi

    Microtus tatricus

    Zapodidae

    Sicista betulina

    Sicista subtilis

    Hystricidae

    Hystrix cristata

    CARNIVORA

    Canidae

    Alopex lagopus

    Canis lupus (except the Greek populations north of the 39th parallel; Estonian populations, Spanish populations north of the Duero; Bulgarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Slovak populations and Finnish populations within the reindeer management area as defined in paragraph 2 of the Finnish Act No 848/90 of 14 September 1990 on reindeer management)

    Ursidae

    Ursus arctos

    Mustelidae

    Lutra lutra

    Mustela eversmanii

    Mustela lutreola

    Vormela peregusna

    Felidae

    Felis silvestris

    Lynx lynx (except the Estonian population)

    Lynx pardinus

    Phocidae

    Monachus monachus

    Phoca hispida saimensis

    ARTIODACTYLA

    Cervidae

    Cervus elaphus corsicanus

    Bovidae

    Bison bonasus

    Capra aegagrus (natural populations)

    Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica

    Ovis gmelini musimon (Ovis ammon musimon) (natural populations — Corsica and Sardinia)

    Ovis orientalis ophion (Ovis gmelini ophion)

    Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata (Rupicapra rupicapra ornata)

    Rupicapra rupicapra balcanica

    Rupicapra rupicapra tatrica

    CETACEA

    All species

    REPTILES

    TESTUDINATA

    Testudinidae

    Testudo graeca

    Testudo hermanni

    Testudo marginata

    Cheloniidae

    Caretta caretta

    Chelonia mydas

    Lepidochelys kempii

    Eretmochelys imbricata

    Dermochelyidae

    Dermochelys coriacea

    Emydidae

    Emys orbicularis

    Mauremys caspica

    Mauremys leprosa

    SAURIA

    Lacertidae

    Algyroides fitzingeri

    Algyroides marchi

    Algyroides moreoticus

    Algyroides nigropunctatus

    Gallotia atlantica

    Gallotia galloti

    Gallotia galloti insulanagae

    Gallotia simonyi

    Gallotia stehlini

    Lacerta agilis

    Lacerta bedriagae

    Lacerta bonnali (Lacerta monticola)

    Lacerta monticola

    Lacerta danfordi

    Lacerta dugesi

    Lacerta graeca

    Lacerta horvathi

    Lacerta schreiberi

    Lacerta trilineata

    Lacerta viridis

    Lacerta vivipara pannonica

    Ophisops elegans

    Podarcis erhardii

    Podarcis filfolensis

    Podarcis hispanica atrata

    Podarcis lilfordi

    Podarcis melisellensis

    Podarcis milensis

    Podarcis muralis

    Podarcis peloponnesiaca

    Podarcis pityusensis

    Podarcis sicula

    Podarcis taurica

    Podarcis tiliguerta

    Podarcis wagleriana

    Scincidae

    Ablepharus kitaibelii

    Chalcides bedriagai

    Chalcides ocellatus

    Chalcides sexlineatus

    Chalcides simonyi (Chalcides occidentalis)

    Chalcides viridianus

    Ophiomorus punctatissimus

    Gekkonidae

    Cyrtopodion kotschyi

    Phyllodactylus europaeus

    Tarentola angustimentalis

    Tarentola boettgeri

    Tarentola delalandii

    Tarentola gomerensis

    Agamidae

    Stellio stellio

    Chamaeleontidae

    Chamaeleo chamaeleon

    Anguidae

    Ophisaurus apodus

    OPHIDIA

    Colubridae

    Coluber caspius

    Coluber cypriensis

    Coluber hippocrepis

    Coluber jugularis

    Coluber laurenti

    Coluber najadum

    Coluber nummifer

    Coluber viridiflavus

    Coronella austriaca

    Eirenis modesta

    Elaphe longissima

    Elaphe quatuorlineata

    Elaphe situla

    Natrix natrix cetti

    Natrix natrix corsa

    Natrix natrix cypriaca

    Natrix tessellata

    Telescopus falax

    Viperidae

    Vipera ammodytes

    Macrovipera schweizeri (Vipera lebetina schweizeri)

    Vipera seoanni (except Spanish populations)

    Vipera ursinii

    Vipera xanthina

    Boidae

    Eryx jaculus

    AMPHIBIANS

    CAUDATA

    Salamandridae

    Chioglossa lusitanica

    Euproctus asper

    Euproctus montanus

    Euproctus platycephalus

    Mertensiella luschani (Salamandra luschani)

    Salamandra atra

    Salamandra aurorae

    Salamandra lanzai

    Salamandrina terdigitata

    Triturus carnifex (Triturus cristatus carnifex)

    Triturus cristatus (Triturus cristatus cristatus)

    Triturus italicus

    Triturus karelinii (Triturus cristatus karelinii)

    Triturus marmoratus

    Triturus montandoni

    Triturus vulgaris ampelensis

    Proteidae

    Proteus anguinus

    Plethodontidae

    Hydromantes (Speleomantes) ambrosii

    Hydromantes (Speleomantes) flavus

    Hydromantes (Speleomantes) genei

    Hydromantes (Speleomantes) imperialis

    Hydromantes (Speleomantes) strinatii (Hydromantes (Speleomantes) italicus)

    Hydromantes (Speleomantes) supramontis

    ANURA

    Discoglossidae

    Alytes cisternasii

    Alytes muletensis

    Alytes obstetricans

    Bombina bombina

    Bombina variegata

    Discoglossus galganoi (including Discoglossus ‘jeanneae’)

    Discoglossus montalentii

    Discoglossus pictus

    Discoglossus sardus

    Ranidae

    Rana arvalis

    Rana dalmatina

    Rana graeca

    Rana iberica

    Rana italica

    Rana latastei

    Rana lessonae

    Pelobatidae

    Pelobates cultripes

    Pelobates fuscus

    Pelobates syriacus

    Bufonidae

    Bufo calamita

    Bufo viridis

    Hylidae

    Hyla arborea

    Hyla meridionalis

    Hyla sarda

    FISH

    ACIPENSERIFORMES

    Acipenseridae

    Acipenser naccarii

    Acipenser sturio

    SALMONIFORMES

    Coregonidae

    Coregonus oxyrhynchus (anadromous populations in certain sectors of the North Sea, except the Finnish populations)

    CYPRINIFORMES

    Cyprinidae

    Anaecypris hispanica

    Phoxinus percnurus

    ATHERINIFORMES

    Cyprinodontidae

    Valencia hispanica

    PERCIFORMES

    Percidae

    Gymnocephalus baloni

    Romanichthys valsanicola

    Zingel asper

    INVERTEBRATES

    ARTHROPODS

    CRUSTACEA

    Isopoda

    Armadillidium ghardalamensis

    INSECTA

    Coleoptera

    Bolbelasmus unicornis

    Buprestis splendens

    Carabus hampei

    Carabus hungaricus

    Carabus olympiae

    Carabus variolosus

    Carabus zawadszkii

    Cerambyx cerdo

    Cucujus cinnaberinus

    Dorcadion fulvum cervae

    Duvalius gebhardti

    Duvalius hungaricus

    Dytiscus latissimus

    Graphoderus bilineatus

    Leptodirus hochenwarti

    Pilemia tigrina

    Osmoderma eremita

    Phryganophilus ruficollis

    Probaticus subrugosus

    Propomacrus cypriacus

    Pseudogaurotina excellens

    Pseudoseriscius cameroni

    Pytho kolwensis

    Rosalia alpina

    Lepidoptera

    Apatura metis

    Arytrura musculus

    Catopta thrips

    Chondrosoma fiduciarium

    Coenonympha hero

    Coenonympha oedippus

    Colias myrmidone

    Cucullia mixta

    Dioszeghyana schmidtii

    Erannis ankeraria

    Erebia calcaria

    Erebia christi

    Erebia sudetica

    Eriogaster catax

    Fabriciana elisa

    Glyphipterix loricatella

    Gortyna borelii lunata

    Hypodryas maturna

    Hyles hippophaes

    Leptidea morsei

    Lignyoptera fumidaria

    Lopinga achine

    Lycaena dispar

    Lycaena helle

    Maculinea arion

    Maculinea nausithous

    Maculinea teleius

    Melanargia arge

    Nymphalis vaualbum

    Papilio alexanor

    Papilio hospiton

    Parnassius apollo

    Parnassius mnemosyne

    Phyllometra culminaria

    Plebicula golgus

    Polymixis rufocincta isolata

    Polyommatus eroides

    Proserpinus proserpina

    Pseudophilotes bavius

    Xylomoia strix

    Zerynthia polyxena

    Mantodea

    Apteromantis aptera

    Odonata

    Aeshna viridis

    Cordulegaster heros

    Cordulegaster trinacriae

    Gomphus graslinii

    Leucorrhinia albifrons

    Leucorrhinia caudalis

    Leucorrhinia pectoralis

    Lindenia tetraphylla

    Macromia splendens

    Ophiogomphus cecilia

    Oxygastra curtisii

    Stylurus flavipes

    Sympecma braueri

    Orthoptera

    Baetica ustulata

    Brachytrupes megacephalus

    Isophya costata

    Isophya harzi

    Isophya stysi

    Myrmecophilus baronii

    Odontopodisma rubripes

    Paracaloptenus caloptenoides

    Pholidoptera transsylvanica

    Saga pedo

    Stenobothrus (Stenobothrodes) eurasius

    ARACHNIDA

    Araneae

    Macrothele calpeiana

    MOLLUSCS

    GASTROPODA

    Anisus vorticulus

    Caseolus calculus

    Caseolus commixta

    Caseolus sphaerula

    Chilostoma banaticum

    Discula leacockiana

    Discula tabellata

    Discula testudinalis

    Discula turricula

    Discus defloratus

    Discus guerinianus

    Elona quimperiana

    Geomalacus maculosus

    Geomitra moniziana

    Gibbula nivosa

    Hygromia kovacsi

    Idiomela (Helix) subplicata

    Lampedusa imitatrix

    Lampedusa melitensis

    Leiostyla abbreviata

    Leiostyla cassida

    Leiostyla corneocostata

    Leiostyla gibba

    Leiostyla lamellosa

    Paladilhia hungarica

    Patella ferruginea

    Sadleriana pannonica

    Theodoxus prevostianus

    Theodoxus transversalis

    BIVALVIA

    Anisomyaria

    Lithophaga lithophaga

    Pinna nobilis

    Unionoida

    Margaritifera auricularia

    Unio crassus

    Dreissenidae

    Congeria kusceri

    ECHINODERMATA

    Echinoidea

    Centrostephanus longispinus

    (b)   PLANTS

    Annex IV (b) contains all the plant species listed in Annex II (b) ( 8 ) plus those mentioned below:

    PTERIDOPHYTA

    ASPLENIACEAE

    Asplenium hemionitis L.

    ANGIOSPERMAE

    AGAVACEAE

    Dracaena draco (L.) L.

    AMARYLLIDACEAE

    Narcissus longispathus Pugsley

    Narcissus triandrus L.

    BERBERIDACEAE

    Berberis maderensis Lowe

    CAMPANULACEAE

    Campanula morettiana Reichenb.

    Physoplexis comosa (L.) Schur.

    CARYOPHYLLACEAE

    Moehringia fontqueri Pau

    COMPOSITAE

    Argyranthemum pinnatifidum (L.f.) Lowe subsp. succulentum (Lowe) C. J. Humphries

    Helichrysum sibthorpii Rouy

    Picris willkommii (Schultz Bip.) Nyman

    Santolina elegans Boiss. ex DC.

    Senecio caespitosus Brot.

    Senecio lagascanus DC. subsp. lusitanicus (P. Cout.) Pinto da Silva

    Wagenitzia lancifolia (Sieber ex Sprengel) Dostal

    CRUCIFERAE

    Murbeckiella sousae Rothm.

    EUPHORBIACEAE

    Euphorbia nevadensis Boiss. & Reuter

    GESNERIACEAE

    Jankaea heldreichii (Boiss.) Boiss.

    Ramonda serbica Pancic

    IRIDACEAE

    Crocus etruscus Parl.

    Iris boissieri Henriq.

    Iris marisca Ricci & Colasante

    LABIATAE

    Rosmarinus tomentosus Huber-Morath & Maire

    Teucrium charidemi Sandwith

    Thymus capitellatus Hoffmanns. & Link

    Thymus villosus L. subsp. villosus L.

    LILIACEAE

    Androcymbium europaeum (Lange) K. Richter

    Bellevalia hackelli Freyn

    Colchicum corsicum Baker

    Colchicum cousturieri Greuter

    Fritillaria conica Rix

    Fritillaria drenovskii Degen & Stoy.

    Fritillaria gussichiae (Degen & Doerfler) Rix

    Fritillaria obliqua Ker-Gawl.

    Fritillaria rhodocanakis Orph. ex Baker

    Ornithogalum reverchonii Degen & Herv.-Bass.

    Scilla beirana Samp.

    Scilla odorata Link

    ORCHIDACEAE

    Ophrys argolica Fleischm.

    Orchis scopulorum Simsmerh.

    Spiranthes aestivalis (Poiret) L. C. M. Richard

    PRIMULACEAE

    Androsace cylindrica DC.

    Primula glaucescens Moretti

    Primula spectabilis Tratt.

    RANUNCULACEAE

    Aquilegia alpina L.

    SAPOTACEAE

    Sideroxylon marmulano Banks ex Lowe

    SAXIFRAGACEAE

    Saxifraga cintrana Kuzinsky ex Willk.

    Saxifraga portosanctana Boiss.

    Saxifraga presolanensis Engl.

    Saxifraga valdensis DC.

    Saxifraga vayredana Luizet

    SCROPHULARIACEAE

    Antirrhinum lopesianum Rothm.

    Lindernia procumbens (Krocker) Philcox

    SOLANACEAE

    Mandragora officinarum L.

    THYMELAEACEAE

    Thymelaea broterana P. Cout.

    UMBELLIFERAE

    Bunium brevifolium Lowe

    VIOLACEAE

    Viola athois W. Becker

    Viola cazorlensis Gandoger




    ANNEX V

    ANIMAL AND PLANT SPECIES OF COMMUNITY INTEREST WHOSE TAKING IN THE WILD AND EXPLOITATION MAY BE SUBJECT TO MANAGEMENT MEASURES

    The species listed in this Annex are indicated:

     by the name of the species or subspecies, or

     by the body of species belonging to a higher taxon or to a designated part of that taxon.

    The abbreviation ‘spp.’ after the name of a family or genus designates all the species belonging to that family or genus.

    (a)   ANIMALS

    VERTEBRATES

    MAMMALS

    RODENTIA

    Castoridae

    Castor fiber (Finnish, Swedish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Estonian and Polish populations)

    Cricetidae

    Cricetus cricetus (Hungarian populations)

    CARNIVORA

    Canidae

    Canis aureus

    Canis lupus (Spanish populations north of the Duero, Greek populations north of the 39th parallel, Finnish populations within the reindeer management area as defined in paragraph 2 of the Finnish Act No 848/90 of 14 September 1990 on reindeer management, Bulgarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Estonian, Polish and Slovak populations)

    Mustelidae

    Martes martes

    Mustela putorius

    Felidae

    Lynx lynx (Estonian population)

    Phocidae

    All species not mentioned in Annex IV

    Viverridae

    Genetta genetta

    Herpestes ichneumon

    DUPLICIDENTATA

    Leporidae

    Lepus timidus

    ARTIODACTYLA

    Bovidae

    Capra ibex

    Capra pyrenaica (except Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica)

    Rupicapra rupicapra (except Rupicapra rupicapra balcanica, Rupicapra rupicapra ornata and Rupicapra rupicapra tatrica)

    AMPHIBIANS

    ANURA

    Ranidae

    Rana esculenta

    Rana perezi

    Rana ridibunda

    Rana temporaria

    FISH

    PETROMYZONIFORMES

    Petromyzonidae

    Lampetra fluviatilis

    Lethenteron zanandrai

    ACIPENSERIFORMES

    Acipenseridae

    All species not mentioned in Annex IV

    CLUPEIFORMES

    Clupeidae

    Alosa spp.

    SALMONIFORMES

    Salmonidae

    Thymallus thymallus

    Coregonus spp. (except Coregonus oxyrhynchus — anadromous populations in certain sectors of the North Sea)

    Hucho hucho

    Salmo salar (only in fresh water)

    CYPRINIFORMES

    Cyprinidae

    Aspius aspius

    Barbus spp.

    Pelecus cultratus

    Rutilus friesii meidingeri

    Rutilus pigus

    SILURIFORMES

    Siluridae

    Silurus aristotelis

    PERCIFORMES

    Percidae

    Gymnocephalus schraetzer

    Zingel zingel

    INVERTEBRATES

    COELENTERATA

    CNIDARIA

    Corallium rubrum

    MOLLUSCA

    GASTROPODA — STYLOMMATOPHORA

    Helix pomatia

    BIVALVIA — UNIONOIDA

    Margaritiferidae

    Margaritifera margaritifera

    Unionidae

    Microcondylaea compressa

    Unio elongatulus

    ANNELIDA

    HIRUDINOIDEA — ARHYNCHOBDELLAE

    Hirudinidae

    Hirudo medicinalis

    ARTHROPODA

    CRUSTACEA — DECAPODA

    Astacidae

    Astacus astacus

    Austropotamobius pallipes

    Austropotamobius torrentium

    Scyllaridae

    Scyllarides latus

    INSECTA — LEPIDOPTERA

    Saturniidae

    Graellsia isabellae

    (b)   PLANTS

    ALGAE

    RHODOPHYTA

    CORALLINACEAE

    Lithothamnium coralloides Crouan frat.

    Phymatholithon calcareum (Poll.) Adey & McKibbin

    LICHENES

    CLADONIACEAE

    Cladonia L. subgenus Cladina (Nyl.) Vain.

    BRYOPHYTA

    MUSCI

    LEUCOBRYACEAE

    Leucobryum glaucum (Hedw.) AAngstr.

    SPHAGNACEAE

    Sphagnum L. spp. (except Sphagnum pylaisii Brid.)

    PTERIDOPHYTA

    Lycopodium spp.

    ANGIOSPERMAE

    AMARYLLIDACEAE

    Galanthus nivalis L.

    Narcissus bulbocodium L.

    Narcissus juncifolius Lagasca

    COMPOSITAE

    Arnica montana L.

    Artemisia eriantha Tem

    Artemisia genipi Weber

    Doronicum plantagineum L. subsp. tournefortii (Rouy) P. Cout.

    Leuzea rhaponticoides Graells

    CRUCIFERAE

    Alyssum pintadasilvae Dudley.

    Malcolmia lacera (L.) DC. subsp. graccilima (Samp.) Franco

    Murbeckiella pinnatifida (Lam.) Rothm. subsp. herminii (Rivas-Martinez) Greuter & Burdet

    GENTIANACEAE

    Gentiana lutea L.

    IRIDACEAE

    Iris lusitanica Ker-Gawler

    LABIATAE

    Teucrium salviastrum Schreber subsp. salviastrum Schreber

    LEGUMINOSAE

    Anthyllis lusitanica Cullen & Pinto da Silva

    Dorycnium pentaphyllum Scop. subsp. transmontana Franco

    Ulex densus Welw. ex Webb.

    LILIACEAE

    Lilium rubrum Lmk

    Ruscus aculeatus L.

    PLUMBAGINACEAE

    Armeria sampaio (Bernis) Nieto Feliner

    ROSACEAE

    Rubus genevieri Boreau subsp. herminii (Samp.) P. Cout.

    SCROPHULARIACEAE

    Anarrhinum longipedicelatum R. Fernandes

    Euphrasia mendonçae Samp.

    Scrophularia grandiflora DC. subsp. grandiflora DC.

    Scrophularia berminii Hoffmanns & Link

    Scrophularia sublyrata Brot.

    ▼B




    ANNEX VI

    PROHIBITED METHODS AND MEANS OF CAPTURE AND KILLING AND MODES OF TRANSPORT

    (a)   Non-selective means

    MAMMALS

     Blind or mutilated animals used as live decoys

     Tape recorders

     Electrical and electronic devices capable of killing or stunning

     Artificial light sources

     Mirrors and other dazzling devices

     Devices for illuminating targets

     Sighting devices for night shooting comprising an electronic image magnifier or image converter

     Explosives

     Nets which are non-selective according to their principle or their conditions of use

     Traps which are non-selective according to their principle or their conditions of use

     Crossbows

     Poisons and poisoned or anaesthetic bait

     Gassing or smoking out

     Semi-automatic or automatic weapons with a magazine capable of holding more than two rounds of ammunition

    FISH

     Poison

     Explosives

    (b)   Modes of transport

     Aircraft

     Moving motor vehicles



    ( 1 ) OJ No C 247, 21. 9. 1988, p. 3 and

    OJ No C 195, 3. 8. 1990, p. 1.

    ( 2 ) OJ No C 75, 20. 3. 1991, p. 12.

    ( 3 ) OJ No C 31, 6. 2. 1991, p. 25.

    ( 4 ) OJ No C 328, 7. 12. 1987, p. 1.

    ( 5 ) OJ No L 103, 25. 4. 1979, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 91/244/ECC (OJ No L 115, 8. 5. 1991, p. 41).

    ( 6 ) Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23).

    ( 7 ) ‘Interpretation Manual of European Union Habitats’, version EUR 15/2″ adopted by the Habitats Committee on 4 October 1999 and ‘Amendments to the “Interpretation Manual of European Union Habitats” with a view to EU enlargement’ (Hab. 01/11b-rev. 1) adopted by the Habitats Committee on 24 April 2002 after written consultation, European Commission, Directorate General for Environment.

    ( 8 ) Except bryophytes in Annex II (b).

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