European Communities (Conservation of Wild Birds) (Amendment) Regulations, 1999 (S.I. 367 of 1999).

Council Directive on the conservation of wild birds (79/409/EEC) provides for the conservation of wild birds by, among other things, classifying important ornithological sites as Special Protection Areas for them. The effect of these Regulations is to classify additional sites as Special Protection Areas in accordance with Article 4 of the Directive and to provide that contravention of the provisions of these Regulations shall constitute an offence.