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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8515

31 July 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/environment
Netherlands is first country to submit full list of designated Natura 2000 sites - Commission urges other Member States to follow suit

Brussels, 30/07/2003 (Agence Europe) - The Netherlands is the first of the European Union Member States to have submitted to the European Commission the complete list of their designated sites for inclusion in the pan-European network of protected natural sites.

The creation of this network, known as Natura 2000, under the Habitat Directive (92/43/EEC) for the protection of natural habitat, fauna and flora, has been greatly delayed because the Member States are late in finalising their...

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