priority species
as defined in Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural…, Article 1, point (h)
species referred to in (g) (i) for the conservation of which the Community has particular responsibility in view of the proportion of their natural range which falls within the territory referred to in Article 2; these priority species are indicated by an asterisk (*) in Annex II;