Improved definition (EN only): Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora that ensures the conservation of a wide range of rare, threatened or endemic animal and plant species, as well as rare and characteristic habitat types. The directive evolved to reflect successive enlargements of the EU. A consolidated version of the directive of 2013 includes the latest versions of the annexes

Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora that ensures the conservation of a wide range of rare, threatened or endemic animal and plant species, as well as rare and characteristic habitat types for conservation in their own right

Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora, CELEX:31992L0043/EN

habitats directive