27It should be noted, in the first place, that, according to the settled case-law of the Court, Article 4(1) and (2) of the Birds Directive requires the Member States to classify as SPAs the territories meeting the ornithological criteria specified by those provisions (judgment in Commission v Ireland, C‑418/04, EU:C:2007:780, paragraph 36 and the case-law cited).
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