Types of Community Interest

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The sea ​​lamprey is listed in Appendix II.
The green maidenhead  - a species of Appendix IV.
The European pond turtle is listed in Appendix II and IV.

Species of Community Interest are plant and animal species that are protected under European Union law because they are threatened, potentially threatened, rare or endemic . They are listed in Annexes II and IV of the Habitats Directive . The types include representatives of mammals , reptiles , amphibians , lampreys , fish , insects , mollusks , crayfish , leeches and its plant angiosperms , mosses and lichens .

The member states are required to protect the populations of the listed species. Birds are excluded from the list of species as they are dealt with in the Birds Directive , which was passed in 1979 .

Numerous other plant and animal species enjoy national protection, for example in Europe by Regulation (EC) No. 338/97 or in Germany by the Federal Species Protection Regulation , even if they are not defined as species of community interest.

Appendix II species

For species in Appendix II, Special Area of ​​Conservation (SAC) should help maintain the goal.

These include, for example:

Appendix IV species

Species in Annex IV are subject to special legal protection by the EU because they are rare and worthy of protection. Since there is a risk that the occurrence of these species will be lost forever, their habitats must not be damaged or destroyed. In Germany, the species listed there are strictly protected within the meaning of the Federal Nature Conservation Act .

In addition to most Annex II species, this subheading includes:

Appendix V species

These include species whose removal from nature and use can be the subject of administrative measures. This applies in particular to the ban on killing by so-called non-selective means such as poison or explosives, because endangered species could also be affected.

This subheading includes species such as golden jackal , pine marten , mountain hare , common frog , species of fish such as huchen , Atlantic salmon or tinker , Roman snail , freshwater pearl mussel , stone crab , white moss or butcher's broom , a type of plant that belongs to the asparagus family.

literature

  • Jens Sachteleben, Martin Behrens: Concept for monitoring the conservation status of habitat types and species of the Habitats Directive in Germany. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Ed.): BfN scripts. Bonn, 2010, ISBN 978-3-89624-013-2 ( online ; PDF file; 3.58 MB).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Definition of terms in the Habitats Directive (PDF)
  2. ↑ A complete list can be found at ffh-gebiete.de : Appendix II
  3. ↑ § 7 Paragraph 2 No. 14 b BNatSchG
  4. ↑ A complete list can be found at ffh-gebiete.de : Appendix IV