Case status: Findings adopted on 17.12.2020 – Non-compliance found.
Follow-up: Committee refrained from making recommendations; see para. 12 of Decision VII/8 on general issues of compliance.
Topics: Public participation.
Articles alleged: 6 (1) (a), 6 (10).
Articles considered by the Committee: 6 (1), 6 (10).
Articles, if any, found in non-compliance: 6 (10).
Summary: On 12 December 2014, the non-governmental organization International Institute for Law and the Environment submitted a communication to the Compliance Committee alleging the failure by Spain to comply with article 6 of the Convention in relation to the updating of integrated environmental permits. Specifically, the communicant alleged that the Party concerned violated article 6 (2) and (10) of the Convention by failing to provide for public participation regarding the reconsideration and updating of permits for existing installations or installations with pending permit applications in order to comply with the requirements of the Industrial Emissions Directive.
Documents | Status | Date received or posted by the secretariat |
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Annex 1: Industrial Emissions Directive Annex 2: Law 16 2002 ESP Annex 3: Law 5 2013 ESP Annex 4: Law 16 2002, consolidated as amended ESP Annex 5: Royal decree 815 2013 ESP Annex 7: Press release ESP |
From the communicant | 12.12.2014 |
Email to inform parties that communication determined to be preliminary admissible | From the secretariat | 09.04.2015 |
Letter to Party concerned enclosing preliminary determination of admissibility and forwarding communication for Party concerned's response | From the secretariat | 28.06.2015 |
Email enclosing response | From the Party concerned | 27.11.2015 |
Letters inviting the Party concerned and communicant to the hearing at Committee's 59th meeting | From the secretariat | 06.11.2017 |
Additional information | From the communicant | 01.12.2017 |
Opening Statement for hearing at Committee's 59th meeting | From the communicant | 14.12.2017 |
Presentation delivered as opening statement for hearing at Committee's 59th meeting | From the Party concerned | 14.12.2017 |
Additional information provided during the hearing at Committee's 59th meeting | From the Party concerned | 14.12.2017 |
Request for additional information from the Committee to the Party concerned | From the secretariat | 12.01.2018 |
Letter enclosing translated legal provisions | From the Party concerned | 07.03.2018 (submitted on 08.02.2018 but not received due to a technical error) |
Question from the Committee to the parties | From the secretariat | 18.05.2020 |
Reply to Committee's question | From the communicant | 01.06.2020 |
Reply to Committee's question | From the Party concerned | 02.06.2020 |
Comments on the communicant’s reply to Committee’s questions | From the Party concerned | 08.06.2020 |
Question from the Committee to the communicant | From the secretariat | 14.07.2020 |
Email enclosing permit update for the Pontevedra chlorine production facility | From the communicant | 27.07.2020 |
Draft findings and letter to the Party concerned and the communicant inviting their comments | From the secretariat | 26.08.2020 |
Comments on the Committee's draft findings | From the Party concerned | 06.10.2020 |
Comments on the Committee’s draft findings | From the communicant | 08.10.2020 |
Findings ENG FRE RUS | 17.12.2020 |