107In that context, the Habitats Directive has the aim that the Member States take appropriate protective measures to preserve the ecological characteristics of sites which host natural habitat types (judgments of 11 April 2013, Sweetman and Others, C‑258/11, EU:C:2013:220, paragraph 38, and of 21 July 2016, Orleans and Others, C‑387/15 and C‑388/15, EU:C:2016:583, paragraph 36).
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