Council Directive 79/409/EEC

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EU directive environmental law legal act nature conservation measure

Council Directive 79/409/EEC was the original European Union legislation establishing comprehensive protection and conservation measures for all wild bird species and their habitats across member states.

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Label	Occurrences
Council Directive 79/409/EEC canonical	3
Council Directive 79/409/EEC on the conservation of wild birds	1
Directive 79/409/EEC	1

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NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Council Directive 79/409/EEC
Context triple: [EU Birds Directive, replaced, Council Directive 79/409/EEC]

A. Council Directive 92/43/EEC
Council Directive 92/43/EEC is a key European Union law on the conservation of natural habitats and wild fauna and flora, forming one of the main pillars of EU nature protection policy.
B. Directive 94/45/EC
Directive 94/45/EC is a European Union directive that established the framework for setting up European Works Councils to ensure employees are informed and consulted in companies operating in multiple EU member states.
C. Council Directive 2001/86/EC
Council Directive 2001/86/EC is a European Union legal act that supplements the Statute for a European Company (Societas Europaea) by establishing rules on employee involvement in such companies.
D. Council Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90 is the European Union legal act that established the European Environment Agency and set out its mandate and operational framework.
E. Directive 2003/41/EC
Directive 2003/41/EC was the original EU framework setting prudential and supervision rules for institutions for occupational retirement provision (IORPs) before being updated and replaced by the IORP II Directive.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Council Directive 79/409/EEC
Target entity description: Council Directive 79/409/EEC was the original European Union legislation establishing comprehensive protection and conservation measures for all wild bird species and their habitats across member states.

A. Council Directive 92/43/EEC
Council Directive 92/43/EEC is a key European Union law on the conservation of natural habitats and wild fauna and flora, forming one of the main pillars of EU nature protection policy.
B. Directive 94/45/EC
Directive 94/45/EC is a European Union directive that established the framework for setting up European Works Councils to ensure employees are informed and consulted in companies operating in multiple EU member states.
C. Council Directive 2001/86/EC
Council Directive 2001/86/EC is a European Union legal act that supplements the Statute for a European Company (Societas Europaea) by establishing rules on employee involvement in such companies.
D. Council Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90 is the European Union legal act that established the European Environment Agency and set out its mandate and operational framework.
E. Directive 2003/41/EC
Directive 2003/41/EC was the original EU framework setting prudential and supervision rules for institutions for occupational retirement provision (IORPs) before being updated and replaced by the IORP II Directive.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	EU directive ⓘ environmental law ⓘ legal act ⓘ nature conservation measure ⓘ
adoptedBy	Council of the European Communities ⓘ linked to: Council of the European Economic Community
adoptionDate	1979-04-02 ⓘ
aim	conservation of wild birds and their habitats ⓘ prevention of pollution and habitat deterioration affecting birds ⓘ protection of all naturally occurring wild bird species in the European territory of the Member States ⓘ regulation of exploitation of wild birds ⓘ
allows	derogations under strict conditions for reasons such as public health and safety or air safety ⓘ
cameIntoForce	1979 ⓘ
category	EU nature directives ⓘ
contributesTo	Natura 2000 network of protected sites ⓘ linked to: Natura 2000 network
creates	Special Protection Areas ⓘ linked to: Special Protection Area
EECDirectiveNumber	79/409/EEC ⓘ
establishes	framework for classification of Special Protection Areas for birds ⓘ
focusesOn	migratory species ⓘ threatened bird species ⓘ
implementedBy	Member States of the European Union ⓘ
inspiredBy	international commitments on bird conservation such as the Bern Convention ⓘ
jurisdiction	European Economic Community ⓘ European Union ⓘ
language	all official languages of the European Communities ⓘ
legalBasis	EEC Treaty ⓘ linked to: Treaty of Rome
obliges	Member States to establish protected areas for birds ⓘ Member States to introduce general protection for all wild birds ⓘ Member States to maintain populations of wild bird species at a level corresponding to ecological, scientific and cultural requirements ⓘ Member States to preserve, maintain or re-establish sufficient diversity and area of habitats for all wild birds ⓘ Member States to regulate hunting of certain bird species ⓘ
officialName	Council Directive 79/409/EEC on the conservation of wild birds ⓘ linked to: EU Birds Directive
policyArea	biodiversity conservation ⓘ environment ⓘ wildlife protection ⓘ
prohibits	deliberate killing of wild birds ⓘ destruction of bird nests and eggs ⓘ keeping of wild birds whose hunting and capture is prohibited ⓘ sale of wild birds and their derivatives except under specified conditions ⓘ taking of eggs in the wild ⓘ
protects	all species of naturally occurring wild birds in the European territory of Member States ⓘ
recastAs	Directive 2009/147/EC ⓘ
relatedTo	Council Directive 92/43/EEC ⓘ Natura 2000 network ⓘ
repealDate	2010-02-15 ⓘ
repealedBy	Directive 2009/147/EC ⓘ
requires	designation of Special Protection Areas ⓘ
shortName	EU Birds Directive ⓘ
status	repealed and replaced ⓘ
subject	bird habitats ⓘ wild birds ⓘ
successor	Directive 2009/147/EC on the conservation of wild birds ⓘ linked to: EU Birds Directive

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

EU Birds Directive → recastOf → Council Directive 79/409/EEC on the conservation of wild birds ⓘ

linked to: Council Directive 79/409/EEC

EU Birds Directive → replaced → Council Directive 79/409/EEC ⓘ

Directive 2009/147/EC → recastOf → Council Directive 79/409/EEC ⓘ

Directive 2009/147/EC → replaces → Council Directive 79/409/EEC ⓘ

Special Protection Area → predecessorLegalBasis → Directive 79/409/EEC ⓘ

subject linked to: SPA