WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1325/96 by Angela SIERRA GONZÁLEZ , Laura GONZÁLEZ ÁLVAREZ , María SORNOSA MARTÍNEZ to the Commission. The Orotava Galdar asphalt factories in the Canaries
Date: 1996-06-03
Institutions: European Parliament, GONZALEZ ALVAREZ, SIERRA GONZALEZ, SORNOSA MARTINEZ
Subjects: Canary Islands, EU financing, ecology movement, environmental impact, environmental protection, motorway, public works, road building, transport policy













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1325/96 by Angela SIERRA GONZÁLEZ , Laura GONZÁLEZ ÁLVAREZ , María SORNOSA MARTÍNEZ to the Commission. The Orotava Galdar asphalt factories in the Canaries  


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WRITTEN QUESTION E-1325/96 by Angela Sierra González (GUE/NGL), Laura González Álvarez (GUE/NGL) and María Sornosa Martínez (GUE/NGL) to the Commission (3 June 1996)Subject: The Orotava Galdar asphalt factories in the CanariesIs the Commission aware of the progress of the work to extend the TF-5 motorway in the north of Tenerife (Canaries) and the environmental impact this work is having on the Orotava Valley?Does the Commisison know whether the 'asphalt agglomerate plant' operating in the valley in order to supply the motorway work is illegal? Many ecological and social groups have complained that this plant fails to comply with the Islands' administrative and environmental law.Can the Commission state whether the works to extend the TF-5 motorway between km 32.900 and km 39.300 on the Orotava to Los Realejos section are in receipt of Community funding of any kind?Answer given by Mrs Bjerregaard on behalf of the Commission (19 July 1996)The Commission has been made aware of the extension work on motorway TF-5 on Tenerife by means of several complaints. It emerges from the information in the Commission's possession that the project in question was submitted to the environmental impact procedure provided for by Council Directive 85/337/EEC, ((OJ L 175, 5.7.1985. )) of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the impact on the environment of certain public and private projects.Under that procedure the public concerned was able to express its views before the project began as provided for by the Directive. The environmental impact statement on the project was published in the Boletín Oficial de Canarias No 73 of 5 June 1992.On the other hand the Commission was unaware of the setting-up of an asphalt-aggregate plant for the purpose of extending the motorway. However, installations of this type are not covered by Directive 85/337/EEC, which therefore does not apply. The Commission is not empowered to act against the Member State concerned where there is any infringement of national provisions that do not originate in Community law. On the basis of the information in its possession the Commission has not been able to establish any failure to meet the obligations deriving from Directive 85/337/EEC.The Commission is jointly financing the 'motorway TF-5, Orotava-Los Realejos' project under the operational programme for the Canaries (1994-99). It concerns in this case an extension of the existing motorway by 6 400 m.This work, 70% of which has already been completed, is helping to improve traffic conditions in the north of the island and will considerably reduce the travelling time between La Orotava and Los Realejos.