1. 2015 Update of Union Lists of Sites of Community Interest
Habitats Committee meeting of 22 October 2015

2. 2015 update based on data submitted between 03/2014 and 01/2015 by AT, BE, BG, DE, ES, FR, HR, HU, IE, IT, LT, LU, LV, NL, PL, SE, SI, UK
Evaluation of changes by ETC-BD / COM; bi-lateral contacts with Member States in summer 2015
8 Biogeographic Region Union Lists are concerned: Alpine, Atlantic, Black Sea, Boreal, Continental, Macaronesian, Mediterranean, Pannonian (only Steppic List not concerned)
Draft lists of SCIs and draft Commission Decision texts submitted to all Member States on 25/09/2015

3. Last minute corrections to Unions lists
Atlantic Union List
withdrawal of one UK marine pSCI:
UK Hatton Bank ( ha)
Continental Union List:
area corrections to 5 German SCIs:
DE : 664 ha (+ 1 ha)
DE : 741 ha (+ 8 ha)
DE : 6 931ha (- 1 ha)
DE : 967 ha (+ 1 ha)
DE : 35 ha (- 1 ha)

4. Changes from previous Union Lists (at Biogeographic Region level)
Area added (km2)
Percentage area increase
Number of sites added
Alpine
437,83
0,28% 14
Atlantic
17 092,82
9,63% 5
Black Sea
1 867,66
17,83% 2
Boreal
173,48
0,15%
Continental
603,72
0,33% 12
Macaronesian
6 100,55
106,08% 1
Mediterranean
10 389,95
4,83% 15
Pannonian
0,00
0,00%

5. Main changes from previous Union Lists (at Member State level)
Area change (ha)
Change in N° of sites AT
6 275 21 BG 3 DE
989 -3 ES 17 FR
30 529 -4 HR 15 2 IE 6 IT
-161 4 LT LU 68 NL
-8 352 PL
34 806 SI 28 UK
-534
Total 47

6. Draft UnionList 2015 (SCI area and number of sites per Member State)
area (hectares)
n° SCIs AT
192 IE
429 BE
280 IT
2 314 BG
234 LT
406 CY
88 258 40 LU
41 438 48 CZ
1 075 LV
329 DE
4 603 MT
23 279 32 DK
261 NL
139 EE
542 PL
849 ES
1 466 PT 97 FI
1 721 RO
383 FR
1 362 SE
3 976 GR
241 SI
323 HR
742 SK
473 HU
479 UK
653
TOTAL
23 689

7. New SCI total figures 2015
total SCI area : hectares (+ 4,54 %)
total number of SCIs: (+ 47 SCIs)
SCIs cover (based on GIS data)
=> ca.14 % of the EU28 land area (no change)
=> km2 of marine SCI area (+ 16,8 %)

8. Union List statistics produced by EEA/ ETC-BD