Commission Directive 97/49/EC of 29 July 1997 amending Council Directive 79/409/EEC on the conservation of wild birds

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 97/49/EC of 29 July 1997 amending Council Directive 79/409/EEC on the conservation of wild birds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 79/409/EEC of 2 April 1979 on the conservation of wild birds (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Whereas Annex I to Directive 79/409/EEC should be amended to take account of the latest information on the situation as regards the bird subspecies Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis, and in particular the fact that this subspecies has reached a favourable conservation status;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Adaptation to Technical and Scientific Progress set up pursuant to Directive 79/409/EEC,