52In that regard, as the Advocate General noted in points 64 and 65 of her Opinion, it does not follow from the fact that the EU legislature did not consider it necessary, in the context of the Habitats Directive, to lay down rules on environmental assessment and public participation in connection with the management of Natura 2000 sites that it wished to exclude the management of such sites when it subsequently adopted general rules on environmental assessment. The assessments which are made pursuant to other environmental protection instruments coexist with and complement the rules of the Habitats Directive, as regards the assessment of potential effects on the environment and public participation.
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