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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-147/article-5",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2009/147",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds (codified version)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-147",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Without prejudice to Articles 7 and 9, Member States shall take the requisite measures to establish a general system of protection for all species of birds referred to in Article 1, prohibiting in particular:\n(a) deliberate killing or capture by any method;\n(b) deliberate destruction of, or damage to, their nests and eggs or removal of their nests;\n(c) taking their eggs in the wild and keeping these eggs even if empty;\n(d) deliberate disturbance of these birds particularly during the period of breeding and rearing, in so far as disturbance would be significant having regard to the objectives of this Directive;\n(e) keeping birds of species the hunting and capture of which is prohibited.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/147/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:04.588372+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}