118Article 6(3) of the Habitats Directive thus integrates the precautionary principle and makes it possible to prevent in an effective manner adverse effects on the integrity of protected sites as a result of the plans or projects envisaged. A less stringent authorisation criterion could not ensure as effectively the fulfilment of the objective of site protection intended under that provision (judgments of 11 April 2013, Sweetman and Others, C‑258/11, EU:C:2013:220, paragraph 41, and of 21 July 2016, Orleans and Others, C‑387/15 and C‑388/15, EU:C:2016:583, paragraph 53).
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