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COMMISSION NOTICE Guidelines providing a common understanding of the term ‘environmental damage’ as defined in Article 2 of Directive 2004/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage · European Union

| 107. | Where a species or habitat listed in the Nature Directives has unfavourable conservation status, the Nature Directives require measures to restore it to favourable conservation status (119). In this context, adverse effects on restoration measures in place with a view to reaching favourable conservation status need to be taken into account. Such measures can take the form of habitat restoration measures or species reintroduction programmes, for instance. An example would be taking into account, in respect of a damaging occurrence involving fish mortality, any site-specific active conservation measures aimed at improving the conservation status of a fish species affected. This will relate to the aspect of population dynamics. Adverse effects on restoration potential should also be considered. For example, an affected site may host a species in a condition which is not favourable, but with a restoration potential reflecting its current presence. Adverse effects which have a negative impact on the species’ presence may also reduce the restoration potential.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.