452 of the sites are in Italy, 230 in France, 103 in Austria and 43 in Germany. The Natura 2000 network is to ensure the protection of endangered animals, plants and habitat types, and thus contribute towards halting the decline of Europe's biodiversity.
The next step for the Alpine network is now the designation of all the sites by the Member States under their national law. This includes the granting of an appropriate national protection status and establishing the necessary management regime. For a number of habitat types and species the Member States still need to complete the list with further site proposals.
Source and information:
http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh?p (en)