69Those obligations are incumbent on the Member States by virtue of the Habitats Directive regardless of the nature of the national authority with competence to authorise the plan or project concerned. Article 6(3) of the Habitats Directive, which refers to the ‘competent national authorities’, does not lay down any special rule for plans or projects approved by a legislative authority. That status consequently has no effect on the extent or scope of the obligations imposed on the Member States by Article 6(3) of the Habitats Directive.
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