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Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2374 of 26 November 2015 adopting a ninth update of the list of sites of Community            importance for the Mediterranean biogeographical region (notified under document C(2015) 8222) (repealed)         

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# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2374                     

# of 26 November 2015

# adopting a ninth update of the list of sites of Community importance for the Mediterranean biogeographical region

# *(notified under document C(2015) 8222)* (repealed)                     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 Mediterranean biogeographical region referred to in Article 1(c)(iii) of Directive 92/43/EEC comprises the Union territories                              of Greece, Cyprus, in accordance with Article 1 of Protocol No 10 of the 2003 Act of Accession(2), and Malta, parts of the Union territories of Spain, France, Italy, Portugal and Croatia, and, in accordance with Article                              355(3) of the Treaty, the territory of Gibraltar, for which the United Kingdom is responsible for external relations, 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 Mediterranean biogeographical region, within the meaning of Directive                              92/43/EEC, was adopted by Commission Decision 2006/613/EC(3). That list was last updated by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/74(4).

(3)The sites included in the lists of Community importance for the Mediterranean 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 2014 Member States have proposed additional sites of Community importance for the Mediterranean 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 Mediterranean 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 Mediterranean 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 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 (EU) 2015/74 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 ninth update of the list of sites of Community importance for the Mediterranean biogeographical region as set out in the                     Annex is adopted.                  

# Article 2U.K.

Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/74 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.**Ninth update of the list of sites of Community importance for the Mediterranean 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 the 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 the SCI in hectares or length of the SCI in km;

:

geographical coordinates of the 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 Greece, Croatia,                     Spain, France, Cyprus, Italy, Malta, Portugal and the United Kingdom.                  

1

OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7.                           

2

OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 955.                           

3

Commission Decision 2006/613/EC of 19 July 2006 adopting, pursuant to Council Directive 92/43/EEC, the list of sites of Community                              importance for the Mediterranean biogeographical region (OJ L 259, 21.9.2006, p. 1).                           

4

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/74 of 3 December 2014 adopting an eighth update of the list of sites of Community                              importance for the Mediterranean biogeographical region (OJ L 18, 23.1.2015, p. 696).