95As regards the question whether it was necessary, having regard to the combined application of Article 4(2) and (3) of Directive 2011/92 and of point 1(b) of Annex III thereto, to examine the cumulative effect of the various wind-power projects approved in the Kaliakra IBA, the Court has already held that the characteristics of a project must be assessed, inter alia, in relation to its cumulative effects with other projects. Failure to take account of the cumulative effect of a project with other projects may mean in practice that it escapes the assessment obligation when, taken together with the other projects, it may have significant effects on the environment (judgment in Marktgemeinde Straßwalchen and Others, C‑531/13, EU:C:2015:79, paragraph 43 and the case-law cited).
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