38In this context, the Court has already held that the Habitats Directive has the aim that the Member States take appropriate protective measures to preserve the ecological characteristics of sites which host natural habitat types (see Case C-308/08 Commission v Spain [2010] ECR I-4281, paragraph 21, and Case C-404/09 Commission v Spain, paragraph 163).
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