"The Spanish government intends to introduce the Memorandum leveraging the processing of the Environmental Assessment Act, ie, introducing amendments to a totally different law and has nothing to do with water legislation," says from Brussels Miguel Angel Hernandez, spokesman Ecologists in Action in Castilla-La Mancha and environmental representative on the Board of Water Demarcation Tagus.
The report, prepared by Ecologists in Action, entitled "Preliminary evaluation of the amendments to the rules of water driven from the Memorandum on the Tajo-Segura," states that the legislative changes arising from the Memorandum transgress three standards of European range.
· Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy is established.
· Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora to severely affect at least 5 areas of the Natura 2000 network.
· Article 6 on public participation in decisions on specific activities of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters, given the process some participation transparent and followed for processing the Memorandum and legislative reform. […]
