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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

| 121. | Subject to the criteria on non-significance mentioned at paragraph 124 and 125 below, for purposes of remedial measures in respect of natural habitats, adverse changes will be significant and impairments will arise if, in respect of the area of natural habitat affected, they result in one or more of the following: — A measurable permanent or interim loss of the area covered by the habitat; — A measurable deterioration in respect of the structure or functioning of the habitat; — A measurable permanent or interim reduction of the range of the habitat; — A measurable permanent or interim loss of typical species, or a reduction in their range or available habitats; — A measurable permanent or interim impairment of natural services linked to the area, structure, and functions of the natural habitat and its typical species; — A measurable gap between the time when the adverse effects occur and the time when, for the area, structure, functions and typical species concerned, the baseline condition is restored.

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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.