103As is apparent from the judgment in Case 252/85 Commission v France, at paragraph 15, the importance of complete and effective protection of wild birds throughout the Community, irrespective of the areas they stay in or pass through, causes any national legislation which delimits the protection of wild birds by reference to national fauna to be incompatible with the Directive.
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