50There is no provision in the Habitats Directive that is equivalent to Article 14 of the Birds Directive. Nevertheless, since that directive was adopted on the basis of Article 192 TFEU, it should be noted that Article 193 TFEU provides that Member States may adopt more stringent protective measures. Under that provision, such measures are simply required to be compatible with the FEU Treaty and notified to the Commission. The Court has thus held that ‘in connection with the Community’s environmental policy, to the extent that a measure of domestic law pursues the same objectives as a directive, Article 176 EC makes provision for and authorises the minimum requirements laid down by that directive to be exceeded, in the conditions set by that article’ (see Deponiezweckverband Eiterköpfe, paragraph 58).
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