40As regards the complaint by the Commission relating to the fact that hunting permits are issued on a preventive basis or, in any event, without any relationship with the particular wolves causing serious damage being duly established, it must be observed, as the Advocate General has also noted in point 29 of her Opinion, that Article 16(1) of the Habitats Directive does not require serious damage to be sustained before derogating measures can be adopted.
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