Judgment_paragraph 3 · SU and Wild Ireland Defence CLG v An Coimisiún Pleanála and Others (C-27/25)

3Article 3 of Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds (OJ 2010 L 20, p. 7; ‘the Birds Directive’) provides, in paragraph 1 thereof, as follows:‘In the light of the requirements referred to in Article 2, Member States shall take the requisite measures to preserve, maintain or re-establish a sufficient diversity and area of habitats for all the species of birds referred to in Article 1.’