When deciding the extent of natural sites to be proposed for designation as special areas of conservation under the Directive, a member state should take account only of environmental factors, and was not entitled to take heed of economic, social or cultural ones. The article which did include such criteria could only be for the Commission to consider in the light of the entire list of such possible area within the community.
Times 16-Nov-2000, C-371/98, [2000] EUECJ C-371/98
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Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild flora and fauna
European
Updated: 23 August 2021; Ref: scu.162508
