Annexes to COM(2017)603 - EU position with regard to a proposal for amending Annex II to the Protocol concerning specially protected areas and biological diversity in the Mediterranean - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2017)603 - EU position with regard to a proposal for amending Annex II to the Protocol concerning specially protected areas and ... |
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| document | COM(2017)603  |
| date | October 19, 2017 |
(3) Special areas of conservation as defined in article 1 (l) of the Habitat Directive means sites 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.
(4) 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).
(5) Interpretation Manual of European Union Habitats – EUR28, adopted by the Habitats Committee on 4 October 1999 (version EUR15) and last amended in April 2013 http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/legislation/habitatsdirective/docs/Int_Manual_EU28.pdf .
(6) http://www.iucnredlist.org/initiatives/mediterranean
(7) Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of 9 December 1996 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein (OJ L 61, 3.3.1997, p. 1).
(8) Dec. X/2, Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, including "Aichi Biodiversity Target" no. 10, according to which "by 2015, the multiple anthropogenic pressures on coral reefs, and other vulnerable ecosystems impacted by climate change or ocean acidification are minimized, so as to maintain their integrity and functioning".
(9) Dec. XII/23, Annex, Priority actions to achieve Aichi Biodiversity Target 10 for coral reefs and closely associated ecosystems.
(10) Dec.XIII/11, Voluntary specific workplan on biodiversity in cold-water areas within the jurisdictional scope of the convention.
(11) Case C-399/12 Germany v Council (OIV), ECLI:EU:C:2014:2258, paragraphs 61-64.
(12) Council Decision 1999/802/EC of 22 October 1999 on the acceptance of amendments to the Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution and to the Protocol for the Prevention of Pollution by Dumping from Ships and Aircraft (Barcelona Convention) (OJ L 322, 14.12.1999, p. 32).
(13) Council Decision 1999/800/EC of 22 October 1999 on concluding the Protocol concerning specially protected areas and biological diversity in the Mediterranean, and on accepting the annexes to that Protocol (Barcelona Convention) (OJ L 322, 14.12.1999, p. 1).
(14) 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).
(15) Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of 9 December 1996 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein (OJ L 61, 3.3.1997, p. 1).