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Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/72 of 3 December 2014 adopting an eighth update of the list of sites of Community            importance for the Atlantic biogeographical region (notified under document C(2014) 9091) (repealed)         

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# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/72                     

# of 3 December 2014

# adopting an eighth update of the list of sites of Community importance for the Atlantic biogeographical region

# *(notified under document C(2014) 9091)* (repealed)                     

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and                           flora(1), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 4(2) thereof,                        

Whereas:

(1)The Atlantic biogeographical region referred to in Article 1(c)(iii) of Directive 92/43/EEC comprises the Union territories                              of Ireland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, and parts of the Union territories of Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Spain,                              France and Portugal as specified in the biogeographical map approved on 20 April 2005 by the committee set up by Article 20                              of that Directive (the ‘Habitats Committee’).

(2)The initial list of sites of Community importance for the Atlantic biogeographical region, within the meaning of Directive                              92/43/EEC, was adopted by Commission Decision 2004/813/EC(2). That list was last updated by Commission Implementing Decision 2013/740/EU(3).

(3)The sites included in the list of sites of Community importance for the Atlantic biogeographical region form part of the Natura                              2000 network which is an essential element of the protection of biodiversity in the Union. In order to make further progress                              in the actual establishment of the Natura 2000 network and in the context of a dynamic adaptation of that network, the lists                              of sites of Community importance are reviewed regularly.

(4)Since February 2013 Member States have proposed additional sites of Community importance for the Atlantic biogeographical                              region within the meaning of Article 1 of Directive 92/43/EEC. Member States have also submitted changes in the site-related                              information contained in the list of sites of Community importance for the Atlantic biogeographical region.

(5)On the basis of the draft list drawn up by the Commission in agreement with each of the Member States concerned, which also                              identifies sites hosting priority natural habitat types or priority species, an updated list of sites selected as sites of                              Community importance for the Atlantic biogeographical region should be adopted. Articles 4(4) and 6(1) of Directive 92/43/EEC                              apply to the newly included sites.

(6)Knowledge of the existence and distribution of the natural habitat types and species is constantly evolving as a result of                              the surveillance undertaken in accordance with Article 11 of Directive 92/43/EEC. Therefore, the evaluation and selection                              of sites at Union level was carried out using the best available information at the time.

(7)Certain Member States have not proposed sufficient sites to meet the requirements of Directive 92/43/EEC for certain habitat                              types and species. Furthermore, knowledge of the existence and distribution of some of the natural habitat types listed in                              Annex I and some of the species listed in Annex II to Directive 92/43/EEC remains incomplete. For those habitat types and                              species it can therefore not be concluded that the Natura 2000 network is complete.

(8)In the interests of clarity and transparency, Implementing Decision 2013/740/EU should be repealed.

(9)The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Habitats Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

# Article 1U.K.

The eighth update of the list of sites of Community importance for the Atlantic biogeographical region as set out in the Annex,                     is adopted.                  

# Article 2U.K.

Implementing Decision 2013/740/EU is repealed.

# Article 3U.K.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 3 December 2014.

*For the Commission*                            

Karmenu Vella                            

*Member of the Commission*                            

## ANNEXU.K.**Eighth update of the list of sites of Community importance for the Atlantic biogeographical region**

Each site of Community importance (SCI) is identified by the information supplied in the Natura 2000 format, including the                     corresponding map. This information has been transmitted by the competent national authorities in accordance with the second                     subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Directive 92/43/EEC.                  

The table below gives the following information:

:

SCI code comprising nine characters, the first two being the ISO code for the Member State;

:

name of SCI;

:

=

presence on the SCI of at least one priority natural habitat type and/or species within the meaning of Article 1 of Directive                           92/43/EEC;                        

:

area of SCI in hectares or length of SCI in km;

:

geographical coordinates of SCI (latitude and longitude) in decimal degrees.

All the information given in the Union list below is based on the data proposed, transmitted and validated by Belgium, Denmark,                     Germany, Ireland, Spain, France, Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom.                  

1

OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7.                           

2

Commission Decision 2004/813/EC of 7 December 2004 adopting, pursuant to Council Directive 92/43/EEC, the list of sites of                              Community importance for the Atlantic biogeographical region (OJ L 387, 29.12.2004, p. 1).                           

3

Commission Implementing Decision 2013/740/EU of 7 November 2013 adopting a seventh updated list of sites of Community importance                              for the Atlantic biogeographical region (OJ L 350, 21.12.2013, p. 201).