36In that regard, the Second report (of the Commission) on the application of Directive 79/409/EEC on the conservation of wild birds (COM(93) 572 final, 24 November 1993) indicates that, according to the work of the ORNIS committee, ‘small numbers’ should be understood as any sample of less than 1% of the total annual mortality of the population in question (average value) for those species which are not to be hunted and in the order of 1% for those species which may be hunted, and ‘population in question’ is to be understood, with regard to migratory species, as the population of those regions from which come the main contingents passing through the region to which the derogation applies during its period of application. The ORNIS committee is the Committee for the Adaptation to Technical and Scientific Progress, instituted under Article 16 of the directive. It consists of representatives of the Member States and is chaired by a representative of the Commission.
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