Brussels, 13/11/2015 (Agence Europe) - The 'Habitats' (92/43/EEC) and 'Birds' (79/409/EEC) directives are effective and their benefits far outweigh the costs of their implementation, which must be reinforced, according to a study published by the European Commission on Thursday 12 November.
This study, which was carried out by a consortium of independent research institutes, pre-empts some of the preliminary results of the 'fitness check' underway into these two directives, which form the...