S.L. 549.44 Art. 2Scope.

(1) The aim of these regulations is to contribute towards ensuring biodiversity in the territory of the Member States of the

European Community through the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora in the Maltese Islands.

(2) Measures taken pursuant to these regulations shall be designed to maintain or restore, at favourable conservation status, natural habitats and species of wild fauna and flora of Community interest, and shall take account of economic, social and cultural requirements and regional and local characteristics.

(3) These regulations provide the provisions required for the implementation in Malta of:

(a) Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora,

(b) 2009/147/EC of 30 November 2009 on the Conservation of Wild Birds,

(c) the Convention on Biological Diversity,

(d) the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats,

(e) the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of wild Animals, and

(f) the Protocol for Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean of the Barcelona Convention; they shall be read and construed as one with such legal instruments.