Une fois intégralement déployé, ce réseau devrait garantir que les plus beaux spécimens d'habitats naturels et les zones abritant des espèces animales et végétales rares et menacées dans l'UE seront conservés et protégés de manière satisfaisante.
All sites in the network must respect the safeguards set out. These include the prior assessment of potentially damaging plans and projects, the requirement that these plans and projects be approved only if they represent an overriding interest and only if no alternative solution exists, and measures for providing compensatory habitats in the event of damage. Once fully in place, this network should ensure that the best examples of EU natural habitats and areas hosting rare and endangered plant and animal species are properly conserved and protected.