1. Habitats Committee Meeting 22 October 2008
Formal Consultation of the Committee on eight draft Commission decisions updating the EU lists

2. 2007 Updating Round
First updated Community lists adopted for seven biogeographical regions:
Atlantic + Continental + Boreal + Pannonian lists: adopted on 12 November 2007
Alpine + Macaronesian lists: adopted on 25 January 2008
Mediterranean list: adopted on 28 March 2008

3. 2007 Updating Round - continued
All updated lists published in the Official Journal:
Alpine: Official Journal L 77 of 19/3/2008
Atlantic: Official Journal L 12/1 of , p. 1
Boreal: Official Journal L 12/1 of , p. 118
Continental: Official Journal L 12/1 of , p. 383
Pannonian: Official Journal L 12/1 of , p. 678
Macaronesian: Official Journal L31 of , p. 39
Mediterranean: Official Journal L 123 of , p. 76
The updated Community lists can be consulted on EUR-LEX (Official Journal):
The corresponding reserve lists (insufficiencies) can be consulted on the public Natura 2000 CIRCA site:

4. 2008 Updating Round
Adoption of initial Community lists for the Black Sea and the Steppic biogeographical regions
Adoption of a first updated list for the Pannonian biogeographical region
Adoption of second updated lists for all other biogeographical regions, except the Macaronesian biogeographical region

5. 2008 Updating Round - Planning
Requesting the agreement of Member States on national parts of draft updated lists: Closed
Processing of comments from Member States: Closed
Inter-service consultation: Closed 2008
Consultation of the Habitats Committee: 22 October 2008
Adoption by the Commission: December 2008
Publication in Official Journal: Early 2009
Updated reserve lists (2008) will be published on the Natura 2000 CIRCA site as soon as available (late autumn 2008).

6. Formal Consultation of the Committee on eight draft Commission decisions: (Doc Hab 08-10/02)
Draft Commission Decision adopting, pursuant to Council Directive 92/43/EEC, an initial list of sites of Community importance for the Black Sea biogeographical region.
Draft Commission Decision adopting, pursuant to Council Directive 92/43/EEC, an initial list of sites of Community importance for the Steppic biogeographical region.
Draft Commission Decision adopting, pursuant to Council Directive 92/43/EEC, a first updated list of sites of Community importance for the Pannonian biogeographical region.
Draft Commission Decision adopting, pursuant to Council Directive 92/43/EEC, a second updated list of sites of Community importance for the Alpine biogeographical region.
Draft Commission Decision adopting, pursuant to Council Directive 92/43/EEC, a second updated list of sites of Community importance for the Atlantic biogeographical region.
Draft Commission Decision adopting, pursuant to Council Directive 92/43/EEC, a second updated list of sites of Community importance for the Boreal biogeographical region.
Draft Commission Decision adopting, pursuant to Council Directive 92/43/EEC, a second updated list of sites of Community importance for the Continental biogeographical region.
Draft Commission Decision adopting, pursuant to Council Directive 92/43/EEC, a second updated list of sites of Community importance for the Mediterranean biogeographical region.

12. Further planned updating rounds
2009, 2010, 2013 and 2019, according to the Rolling Plan agreed in 2007.
Completing the Natura 2000 network in the marine environment by 2009/2010.