63Thus where it appears that a Member State has classified as SPAs sites the number and total area of which are manifestly less than the number and total area of the sites considered to be the most suitable for conservation of the species in question it will be possible to find that that Member State has failed to fulfil its obligation under Article 4(1) of the Directive.
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