252Article 5 of the Birds Directive thus requires the Member States to adopt a complete and effective legislative framework (judgments of 12 July 2007, Commission v Austria, C‑507/04, EU:C:2007:427, paragraphs 103 and 339, and of 26 January 2012, Commission v Poland, C‑192/11, not published, EU:C:2012:44, paragraph 25), by the implementation, in the same manner as provided for by Article 12 of the Habitats Directive, of concrete and specific protection measures that must enable it to be ensured that the abovementioned prohibitions, intended in essence to protect the breeding sites and resting places of the birds covered by that directive, are actually complied with. In addition, those prohibitions must apply without any limitation in time (judgment of 27 April 1988, Commission v France, 252/85, EU:C:1988:202, paragraph 9).
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