COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2023/242

of 26 January 2023

adopting the seventh update of the list of sites of Community importance for the Black Sea biogeographical region

(notified under document C(2023) 597)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (1), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 4(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The Black Sea biogeographical region referred to in Article 1(c)(iii) of Directive 92/43/EEC comprises parts of the Union territory of Bulgaria and Romania, as specified in the biogeographical map approved on 20 April 2005 by the committee set up by Article 20 of that Directive (the ‘Habitats Committee’).

(2) The initial list of sites of Community importance for the Black Sea biogeographical region, within the meaning of Directive 92/43/EEC, was adopted by Commission Decision 2009/92/EC (2). That list was last updated by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/164 (3).

(3) The sites included in the list of sites of Community importance for the Black Sea biogeographical region form part of the Natura 2000 network which is an essential element of the protection of biodiversity in the Union. In order to make further progress in the actual establishment of the Natura 2000 network and in the context of a dynamic adaptation of that network, the lists of sites of Community importance are reviewed regularly.

(4) Between 17 September 2021 and 30 January 2022 Member States have proposed additional sites of Community importance for the Black Sea biogeographical region within the meaning of Article 1 of Directive 92/43/EEC. Member States have also submitted changes in the site-related information contained in the list of sites of Community importance for the Black Sea biogeographical region.

(5) On the basis of the draft list drawn up by the Commission in agreement with each of the Member State concerned, which also identifies sites hosting priority natural habitat types or priority species, an updated list of sites selected as sites of Community importance for the Black Sea biogeographical region should be adopted. Articles 4(4) and 6 of Directive 92/43/EEC apply to the newly included sites.

(6) Knowledge of the existence and distribution of the natural habitat types and species is constantly evolving as a result of the surveillance undertaken in accordance with Article 11 of Directive 92/43/EEC. Therefore, the evaluation and selection of sites at Union level was carried out using the best available information at the time.

(7) With regard to the Black Sea biogeographical region, not all Member States concerned have proposed sufficient sites to meet the requirements of Directive 92/43/EEC for certain habitat types and species. Furthermore, knowledge of the existence and distribution of some of the natural habitat types listed in Annex I and some of the species listed in Annex II to Directive 92/43/EEC remains incomplete. For those habitat types and species, it can therefore not be concluded that the Natura 2000 network is complete.

(8) In the interests of clarity and transparency, Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/164 should be repealed.

(9) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Habitats Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The seventh update of the list of sites of Community importance for the Black Sea biogeographical region as set out in the Annex is adopted.

Article 2

Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/164 is repealed.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 26 January 2023.

For the Commission

Virginijus SINKEVIČIUS

Member of the Commission

(1)

OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7

(2) Commission Decision 2009/92/EC of 12 December 2008 adopting, pursuant to Council Directive 92/43/EEC, an initial list of sites of Community importance for the Black Sea biogeographical region (

OJ L 43, 13.2.2009, p. 59

(3) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/164 of 21 January 2021 adopting a sixth update of the list of sites of Community importance for the Black Sea biogeographical region (

OJ L 51, 15.2.2021, p. 698

ANNEX

PART 1 Seventh update of the list of sites of Community importance for the Black Sea biogeographical region

Each site of Community importance (SCI) is identified by the information supplied in the Natura 2000 format, including the corresponding map. This information has been transmitted by the competent national authorities in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Directive 92/43/EEC.

The table below gives the following information:

SCI code comprising nine characters, the first two being the ISO code for the Member State;

name of SCI;

* = presence on the SCI of at least one priority natural habitat type and/or species within the meaning of Article 1 of Directive 92/43/EEC;

area of SCI in hectares or length of SCI in km;

geographical coordinates of SCI (latitude and longitude) in decimal degrees.

All the information given in the Union list below is based on the data proposed, transmitted and validated by Bulgaria and Romania.

A	B	C	D		E
SCI code	Name of SCI	*	Area of SCI (ha)	Length of SCI (km)	Geographical coordinates of SCI
					Longitude	Latitude

PART 2

SCIcode	NameSCI	Article1	AreaHA	LENGTHKM	Longitude	Latitude
BG0000100	Plazh Shkorpilovtsi	*	6 456,997	0	27,8665	42,9375
BG0000102	Dolinata na reka Batova	*	18 459,2342	0	27,9261	43,3764
BG0000103	Galata	*	3 853,57	0	27,9121	43,0828
BG0000116	Kamchia	*	12 919,9374	0	27,7536	43,0217
BG0000118	Zlatni pyasatsi	*	1 373,4385	0	28,0364	43,3044
BG0000119	Trite bratya	*	1 019,734	0	27,2883	42,7117
BG0000130	Kraymorska Dobrudzha	*	6 657,7029	0	28,2845	43,6587
BG0000132	Pobitite kamani	*	231,1698	0	27,6971	43,2506
BG0000133	Kamchiyska i Emenska planina	*	63 678,46	0	27,5081	42,9231
BG0000141	Reka Kamchia	*	159,3633	0	27,482	43,039
BG0000143	Karaagach	*	68,8319	0	27,7725	42,2233
BG0000146	Plazh Gradina - Zlatna ribka	*	1 245,85	0	27,6704	42,4237
BG0000151	Aytoska planina	*	29 385,685	0	27,4414	42,6892
BG0000154	Ezero Durankulak	*	5 050,7949	0	28,5775	43,6828
BG0000198	Sredetska reka		707,2174	0	27,047	42,3156
BG0000208	Bosna	*	16 227,004	0	27,6447	42,1869
BG0000219	Derventski vazvishenia 2	*	54 990,5009	0	27,0536	42,1297
BG0000230	Fakiyska reka	*	4 100,6358	0	27,2388	42,2678
BG0000242	Zaliv Chengene skele	*	190,0154	0	27,5119	42,4292
BG0000270	Atanasovsko ezero	*	7 210,0163	0	27,4547	42,5836
BG0000271	Mandra - Poda	*	6 139,1738	0	27,4042	42,415
BG0000273	Burgasko ezero	*	3 066,8992	0	27,3922	42,4975
BG0000573	Kompleks Kaliakra	*	48 336,277	0	28,354	43,3888
BG0000574	Aheloy - Ravda - Nesebar	*	3 926,784	0	27,722	42,6497
BG0000620	Pomorie	*	2 085,152	0	27,6364	42,5989
BG0000621	Ezero Shabla - Ezerets	*	2 623,5917	0	28,5875	43,5753
BG0001001	Ropotamo	*	98 204,7838	0	27,9341	42,3019
BG0001004	Emine - Irakli	*	16 794,59	0	27,8579	42,7244
BG0001007	Strandzha	*	153 529,6143	0	27,7368	42,0695
BG0001500	Aladzha banka		669,64	0	28,0567	43,2781
BG0001501	Emona		55 345,28	0	28,1554	42,8522
BG0001502	Otmanli		8,83	0	27,5287	42,4418
ROSCI0065	Delta Dunării	*	453 645,5		29,198361	45,052417
ROSCI0066	Delta Dunării - zona marină		336 200,2		29,394461	44,717314
ROSCI0073	Dunele marine de la Agigea	*	11,8		28,642683	44,088406
ROSCI0094	Izvoarele sulfuroase submarine de la Mangalia		5 784,9		28,702811	43,814342
ROSCI0114	Mlaștina Hergheliei - Obanul Mare și Peștera Movilei	*	231,7		28,583339	43,83785
ROSCI0157	Pădurea Hagieni - Cotul Văii	*	3 680,1		28,427772	43,742622
ROSCI0197	Plaja submersă Eforie Nord - Eforie Sud		5 716,7		28,736339	44,042339
ROSCI0269	Vama Veche - 2 Mai		12 311		28,701978	43,7564
ROSCI0273	Zona marină de la Capul Tuzla		4 946,8		28,739289	43,989125
ROSCI0281	Cap Aurora		13 592,2		28,710383	43,863744
ROSCI0293	Costinesti - 23 August		4 883,6		28,725022	43,925283
ROSCI0311	Canionul Viteaz		35 376,7		30,337625	43,946631
ROSCI0413	Lobul sudic al Câmpului de Phyllophora al lui Zernov		186 815,3		30,178833	44,842194