25It is also important to note that, in exercising their powers concerning the grant of derogations, in accordance with Article 9 of the Directive the authorities of the Member States must take account of various criteria which relate to geographic, climatic, environmental and biological factors and, in particular, to the situation regarding the species'reproduction and total annual mortality rate owing to natural causes.
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