(3)Pursuant to Article 13(4) of Directive 2008/56/EC, Member States are to adopt programmes of measures, including spatial protection measures to achieve or maintain good environmental status that contribute to coherent and representative networks of marine protected areas, and adequately cover the diversity of the constituent ecosystems, such as special areas of conservation pursuant to Directive 92/43/EEC, special protection areas pursuant to the Birds Directive and marine protected areas as agreed by the Union or Member States concerned in the framework of international or regional agreements to which they are parties.
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