Article 5

Without prejudice to Articles 7 and 9, Member States shall take the requisite measures to establish a general system of protection for all species of birds referred to in Article 1, prohibiting in particular: deliberate killing or capture by any method; deliberate destruction of, or damage to, their nests and eggs or removal of their nests; taking their eggs in the wild and keeping these eggs even if empty; deliberate disturbance of these birds particularly during the period of breeding and rearing, in so far as disturbance would be significant having regard to the objectives of this Directive; keeping birds of species the hunting and capture of which is prohibited.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-12 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.