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". – Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to make a few final comments. This is not about the implementation of the habitats directive. Remember that the directive is not an effort directive, it is a result directive. This is about meeting our obligations under the Structural Funds regulation and without these lists we cannot ensure that we protect important natural sites during Structural Funds operations. That is what this is about. If for example in a country which we have discussed today there are 40 projects currently under way that would affect sites to be protected, how can we check that if we have not got the lists? It is the obligation of the Commission to ensure that these sites are protected.
So does this mean that we will not approve the operational programmes to answer your question? We are reasonable. We do not want to delay the process of approving the operational programmes under the Structural Funds but the programmes must include a firm commitment by the Member State that they will send us their list by a certain point in time. That is a clear timetable. If they do not do so, we will launch the procedure for suspending payments without delay. That is the decision we have taken today. To make it very clear also to Mrs Isler Beguin that means that what was written in the common letter by Mrs Bjerregaard and Mrs Wulf-Mathies is still valid. We have to understand that this is an opportunity for us to live up to our obligations under the regulations for the Structural Funds. This will be a very important tool. Of course, we hope that this will not be necessary because the Member States will provide us with their lists. That is what we have to hope for and maybe pray for too."@en1
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