Domstolen fastslog i dommen i sagen Kommissionen mod Nederlandene, at »når det kan antages, at en medlemsstat som SBO har udlagt lokaliteter, der i antal og samlet udstrækning er klart mindre end det antal lokaliteter og det samlede areal, der findes bedst egnet for beskyttelsen af de omhandlede arter, kan det således fastslås, at denne medlemsstat har tilsidesat sin forpligtelse i henhold til direktivets artikel 4, stk. 1 «, og at Kom-
In Commission v Netherlands, the Court held that 'where it appears that a Member State has classified as SPAs sites the number and total area of which are manifestly less than the number and total area of the sites considered to be the most suitable for conservation of the species in question, it will be possible to find that that Member State has failed to fulfil its obligation under Article 4(1) of the Directive', and the