Judgment_paragraph 65 · Föreningen Skydda Skogen and Others v Länsstyrelsen i Västra Götalands län and Others (C-473/19, C-474/19)

65It therefore also follows from those objectives that, since the Habitats Directive seeks as well to ‘maintain’ a favourable conservation status, the view has to be taken that the species which have achieved such a conservation status must be protected against any deterioration of that status.