62It is important to note that, in exercising their powers concerning the grant of derogations, in accordance with Article 9 of Directive 2009/147, the authorities of the Member States must take account of various criteria which relate to geographic, climatic, environmental and biological factors and, in particular, to the situation regarding the species’ reproduction and total annual mortality rate owing to natural causes (see, to that effect, judgment of 8 June 2006, WWF Italia and Others, C‑60/05, EU:C:2006:378, paragraph 25).
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