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Birds Directive In force since 30 November 2009

Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds (codification)
32009L0147 · official text on EUR-Lex

Articles

• Article 1
• Article 2
• Article 3
• Article 4
• Article 5 — Without prejudice to Articles 7 and 9, Member States shall take the requisite measures to establish a general system of protection for all species of birds referred to in Article 1, prohibiting in particular:
• Article 6
• Article 7
• Article 8
• Article 9
• Article 10
• Article 11
• Article 12
• Article 13
• Article 14
• Article 15
• Article 16
• Article 17
• Article 18 — Directive 79/409/EEC, as amended by the acts listed in Annex VI, Part A, is repealed, without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States relating to the time limits for transposition into national law of the Directives set out in Annex VI, Part B.
• Article 19
• Article 20 — This Directive is addressed to the Member States.