67In that respect, it should be noted, in the first place, that, according to the case-law of the Court, Member States must comply with the obligations arising under the first sentence of Article 4(4) of the Birds Directive, even where the areas in question have not been classified as SPAs, provided that they should have been so classified (see judgment in Commission v Spain, C‑186/06, EU:C:2007:813, paragraph 27 and the case-law cited).
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