33The Court has nevertheless held that, even if a project was authorised before the system of protection laid down by the Habitats Directive became applicable to the site in question and, accordingly, such a project was not subject to the requirements relating to the procedure for prior assessment according to Article 6(3) of that directive, its implementation nevertheless falls within the scope of Article 6(2) of that directive (see, to that effect, judgments in Stadt Papenburg, C‑226/08, EU:C:2010:10, paragraphs 48 and 49, and Commission v Spain, C‑404/09, EU:C:2011:768, paragraphs 124 and 125).
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