27It is clear from the case-law of the Court that Member States must comply with the obligations arising under the first sentence of Article 4(4) of the Birds Directive, even where the areas in question have not been classified as SPAs, provided that they should have been so classified (see Case C-166/97 Commission v France [1999] ECR I-1719, paragraph 38, and Case C-388/05 Commission v Italy [2007] ECR I-7555, paragraph 18).
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