I : OFFICIAL EUROPEAN TEXTS (eur-lex link)

 

 

-         ANEXOI

-         ANEXO II

-         ANEXO III

 

 

-         ANEXO I

-         ANEXO II

-         ANEXO III

-         ANEXO IV

-         ANEXO V

 

 

-         Parte I : Informe de síntesis sobre los progresos generales realizados

-         Parte II : Summaries of EU Member State Reports

 

 

II : NATIONAL REPORTS

III : OFFICIAL PROVISIONS OF NATIONAL LAW  

-    Wildlife Conservation and Natural Protected Areas State Act 4/1989, of 27th March (consolidated text)
 

-   Additional Provision n. 4 of Royal Legislative Decree 1302/1986, of 28th June, of Environmental Impact Assessment
 

-    Royal Decree 439/1990, of 30th March, containing the National Endangered Species Catalogue

-    Royal Decree 1997/1995, of 7th December, on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora

-    Forestry Act 43/2003, of 21st November
 

IV : NATIONAL CASE-LAW

 

-    Decision of the Supreme Court of 15th March 1999: an environmental NGO challenged the art. 13.2 of Royal Decree 1997/1995, for not having included in its Annex II the «Canis Lupus» species living in the southern habitats of the Duero River. The Supreme Court stated that the provision challenged was not a derogation allowed by the Habitats Directive, and annulled it.


-    Dec
ision of the Supreme Court of 5th March 2001: two environmental NGOs «EKI» and «Eguzkizaleak» and the State Administration challenged the Regulation of the Basque Department of Agriculture of 14th January 1992, that permitted the hunting of «columba palumbus» during the migration of this species to its breeding area, and enlarged the hunting period established as under art. 7.4 of the Birds Directive. The Court stated that the Basque Regulation did not comply to the EC Law, insofar the Basque Administration held the power to determine the concrete dates for the hunting periods, provided that the hunting is not allowed during the rearing periods. Furthermore, the derogation of the Basque regulation did not even specify the means, arrangements, conditions, circumstances, controls or methods authorized for capture or killing, as under art. 9.1 c) of the Birds Directive. An identical case to the latter was the subject of the Decision of the Supreme Court of 21st May 2001, regarding the same Basque regulation issued for the hunting season of 1994.

-    The Aragonese Court of Justice has adopted a recent decision on 5th April 2005 regarding the geographical scope of the SPAs. In this case, an environmental NGO «Asociación Plataforma Jalón Vivo» challenged the delimitation of a SPA made by the Autonomous Administration of Aragon, and simultaneously lodged a complaint with the European Commission because they considered that the perimeter delimitated did not comply with IBA 93 (Hoces del Jalón). The Commission decided that not further action should be taken during the national lawsuit, but this fact did not affect the issue. The Court stated that the Aragonese Administration had not motivated with ornithological criteria the restriction of the perimeter of the SPA. Furthermore, the Court obliged the Autonomous Administration to issue a new delimitation of the SPA identical to the IBA 93. This decision has been appealed before the Supreme Court.


 

V : NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

López Ramón, Fernando: La conservación de la naturaleza: los espacios naturales protegidos, Colegio de España, Bolonia, 1980.

Fernández de Tejada, Antonio [et al.]: Contribucción española a la Directiva hábitats, Ecosistemas n.15, 1996, pp. 42-46.

García Ureta, Agustín: Espacios Naturales protegidos. Comentario a la Ley 4/1989, de 27 de marzo, de Conservación de los Espacios Naturales Protegidos y de la Flora y Fauna Silvestres, IVAP, Oñati, 1999.
 

García Ureta, Agustín: Protección de hábitats y de especies de flora y fauna en Derecho Comunitario Europeo: Directivas 79/409 y 92/43, IVAP, Vitoria, 1997
 

Jiménez Jaén, Adolfo: El régimen jurídico de los espacios naturales protegidos, MacGraw-Hill, Madrid, 2000.


 

VI : LINKS

 

-         http://www.mma.es/

-         http://www1.mma.es/bdnatur/default.htm?natura

-       http://www.mapya.es/es/desarrollo/pags/natura2000/natura2000.htm

-       http://www.mma.es/bd_nat/incluser/rednatura.htm

-       http://www.mma.es/info_amb/act_pub/pdf/5_conservacion.pdf
 


10 octobre 2005