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Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2375 of 26 November 2015 adopting a third update of the list of sites of Community            importance for the Black Sea biogeographical region (notified under document C(2015) 8226) (repealed)         

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# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2375                     

# of 26 November 2015

# adopting a third update of the list of sites of Community importance for the Black Sea biogeographical region

# *(notified under document C(2015) 8226)* (repealed)                     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 Black Sea biogeographical region referred to in Article 1(c)(iii) of Directive 92/43/EEC comprises parts of the Union                              territory of Bulgaria and Romania, 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 Black Sea biogeographical region, within the meaning of Directive                              92/43/EEC, was adopted by Commission Decision 2009/92/EC(2). That list was last updated by Commission Implementing Decision 2013/737/EU(3).

(3)The sites included in the list of sites of Community importance for the Black Sea 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 October 2012 Member States have proposed additional sites of Community importance for the Black Sea 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 Black Sea 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 Black Sea 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)With regard to the Black Sea biogeographical region, not all Member States concerned have 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 2013/737/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 third update of the list of sites of Community importance for the Black Sea biogeographical region as set out in the Annex                     is adopted.                  

# Article 2U.K.

Implementing Decision 2013/737/EU is repealed.

# Article 3U.K.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 26 November 2015.

*For the Commission*                            

Karmenu Vella                            

*Member of the Commission*                            

## ANNEXU.K.**Third update of the list of sites of Community importance for the Black Sea 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 Bulgaria and                     Romania.                  

1

OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7.                           

2

Commission Decision 2009/92/EC of 12 December 2008 adopting, pursuant to Council Directive 92/43/EEC, an initial list of sites                              of Community importance for the Black Sea biogeographical region (OJ L 43, 13.2.2009, p. 59).                           

3

Commission Implementing Decision 2013/737/EU of 7 November 2013 adopting a second updated list of sites of Community importance                              for the Black Sea biogeographical region (OJ L 350, 21.12.2013, p. 40).