MEMBER STATES SHALL TAKE SIMILAR MEASURES FOR REGULARLY OCCURRING MIGRATORY SPECIES NOT LISTED IN ANNEX I, BEARING IN MIND THEIR NEED FOR PROTECTION IN THE GEOGRAPHICAL SEA AND LAND AREA WHERE THIS DIRECTIVE APPLIES, AS REGARDS THEIR BREEDING, MOULTING AND WINTERING AREAS AND STAGING POSTS ALONG THEIR MIGRATION ROUTES.
Države članice sprejmejo podobne ukrepe za redno pojavljajoče se selitvene vrste, ki niso navedene v Prilogi I, upoštevaje njihovo potrebo po varstvu na geografskem območju morja in kopnega, kjer se uporablja ta direktiva, kar zadeva njihova območja za razmnoževanje, goljenje in prezimovanje ter počivališča na njihovih selitvenih poteh.