75.—The European Communities (Natural Habitats) Regulations 1997 (S.I. No. 94 of 1997), are hereby amended—

(a) in Regulation 2, by the substitution of the following for the definition given to “European site”:

“‘European site' means—

(a) a site—

(i) notified for the purposes of Regulation 4, subject to any amendments made to it by virtue of Regulation 5, or

(ii) transmitted to the Commission in accordance with Regulation 5(4), or

(iii) added by virtue of Regulation 6 to the list transmitted to the Commission in accordance with Regulation 5(4),

but only until the adoption in respect of the site of a decision by the Commission under Article 21 of the Habitats Directive for the purposes of the third paragraph of Article 4(2) of that Directive,

(b) a site adopted by the Commission as a site of community importance for the purposes of Article 4(2) of the Habitats Directive in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 21 of that Directive,

(c) a special area of conservation,

(d) an area classified pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of Article 4 of the Birds Directive;”,

and

(b) by the revocation of Regulations 21, 22 and 39.