6 Amendments of David HAMMERSTEIN related to 2008/2248(INI)
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
Recital S
S. whereas the Commission, at the request of the Committee on Petitions, has launched an investigation into more than 250 urbanisation projects which have received a negative opinion from the cCompetent water authorities and river basin authorities and approvinforming that there is no Water for these urbanisations. These urbanisations without water resources contravene the Water Framework Directive. Spain has to reach the mid and long-term goals of which is pending in Andalucía, Castilla-la- Mancha, Murcia and Valencia, the Frame water Directive and the construction of urbanisations without the Water authorities permission would be likely to jeopardise the Directive ´s objectives,
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital S a (new)
Recital S a (new)
Sa. whereas many of these urbanisations are detached from consolidated urban Areas which required great expenditures in basic services like electricity, water and road infrastructure; whereas these investments often include EU funding,
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital X
Recital X
X. whereas many thousands of European citizens have, in different circumstances, bought property in Spain in good faith acting with local lawyers, town planners and architects, only to find later that they have become victims of urbanisation abuse by unscrupulous local authorities and that, asnd have become victims of misleading and abusive practices by the relevant local actors in the field of urbanisation and as result, their property faces demolition without appropriate compensation, because their homes have been found to be illegally built and therefore worthless and unsaleable,
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Y
Recital Y
Y. whereas the natural Mediterranea number of urban island and coastal areas of Spain have suffered extensive destruction in the last decade as cement and concrete have saturated these regions in a way which has affected not only the fragile coastal environment much of which is nominally protected under the Habitats3/Natura 2000ations have built in designated Natura 2000 Areas apparently without respect for the Habitat and Birds4 Directives but also the social and cultural activity of many areas, which constitutes a tragic and irretrievable loss to their cultural identity and heritage as well as to their environmental integrity, and all this primarily because of the greed and speculative behaviour of certain local authorities and members of the construction industry who have succeeded in deriving massive benefits from their activities in this regard, most of which have been exported, such as urbanisations in Cabo de Gata (Almeria) as well as urbanisations in Murcia,
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Expresses concern over the lack of correct transposition of the Directives (2005/60/CE) and (2006/70/CE) on money laundering, now subject to infringement proceeding, that has limited the transparency and legal pursuit of illicit circulation of financial capital including investments in certain large urbanisations projects;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Expresses concern over the urban planning situation of the municipality of Marbella in Andalusia where tens of thousands of homes built illegally, that probably contravene EU legislation on environmental protection and public participation, water policy and public procurement, are about to be legalised by a new general plan for the town, with the absence of legal certainty and safeguards for home buyers, property owners and citizens in general;