(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994 (“the 1994 Regulations”), which make provision for the transposition of Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p.7).
Regulation 2 amends schedule 2 of the 1994 Regulations to add the Eurasian Beaver (otherwise known as the European Beaver) to the list of European Protected Species of Animals that are given protection under the 1994 Regulations.