56According to the case-law of the Court, Article 4(1) and (2) of the Birds Directive requires the Member States to provide SPAs with a legal protection regime that is capable, in particular, of ensuring both the survival and reproduction of the bird species listed in Annex I to the directive and the breeding, moulting and wintering of migratory species not listed in that annex which are, nevertheless, regular visitors (see Case C-166/97 Commission v France [1999] ECR I-1719, paragraph 21; Case C-418/04 Commission v Ireland, paragraph 153; and judgment of 11 December 2008 in Case C-293/07 Commission v Greece, paragraph 22).
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