WRITTEN QUESTION No. 451/98 by Carlo RIPA DI MEANA to the Commission. Private residences in the Tor Marancia area
Date: 1998-02-27
Institutions: European Parliament, RIPA DI MEANA
Subjects: Latium, building industry, capital city, environmental impact, impact study, nature reserve, project evaluation, protected area

9. 10. 98

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Official Journal of the European Communities

C 310/67

(98/C 310/86)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0450/98

by Carlo Ripa di Meana (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(27 February 1998)

Subject: Building agreement involving the Parco Veio protected natural area

Rome city council is about to approve three building agreements ((cid:145)Volusia(cid:146), (cid:145)Saxa Rubra(cid:146) and (cid:145)Grottarossa(cid:146) with
a volume of more than half a million cubic metres extending over more than 40 hectares) for areas that fall partly
within the Parco di Veio protected natural area designated by Regional Law 29/97 in view of its considerable
natural and archaeological value.

The  measures  covered  by  the  Veio  building  agreement  (development  of  urban  areas  involving  more  than
40 hectares) are of the type referred to in Annex B, 7b of the Presidential decree of 12 April 1996 on guidelines
for and coordination of environmental impact assessment.

Such measures must therefore be subjected to environmental impact assessment on the basis of the Presidential
decree,  Article  1(4)  of  which  lays  down  that  projects  referred  to  in  Annex  B  which  fall  even  partly,  within
protected natural areas are subject to the environmental impact assessment procedure.

The city council has never carried out the environmental impact assessment provided for projects of such a scale
by the legislation in force nor required the undertakings involved in the agreements to do so.

1.  Does such building require specific environmental impact assessment as laid down in the Presidential decree

of 12 April 1996 transposing Directive 85/337/EEC (1)?

2.  Does  it  require  specific  environmental  impact  assessment  as  laid  down  in  Annex  II,  10(C)  of  Directive

97/3/EC (2)?

(1)  OJ L 175, 5.7.1985, p. 40.
(2)  OJ L 27, 30.1.1997, p. 30.

(98/C 310/87)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0451/98

by Carlo Ripa di Meana (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(27 February 1998)

Subject: Private residences in the Tor Marancia area

Rome  city  council  decision  207/97  provides  for  an  (cid:145)agreement(cid:146)  on  the  construction  of  private  residences
(2 million cubic metres covering 220 hectares) in the Tor Marancia area adjacent to the Appia Antica regional
park.

Because of the considerable natural and archaeological value of the area the Latium region has included about
half of the Tor Marancia territory (106 hectares) in the protected natural area known as the Appia Antica regional
park in Regional Law 29/97.

The  local  government  has  never  carried  out  the  requisite  assessment  of  environmental  compatibility
unanimously adopted by Rome city council (agenda 15/95) which requires the Mayor and city council to wait for
the outcome of environmental compatibility studies before taking any decision on the feasibility and scale of the
project.

The measures covered by the Tor Marancia building agreement (development of urban areas involving more than
40 hectares) are of the type referred to in Annex B, 7b of the Presidential decree of 12 April 1996 on guidelines
for and coordination of environmental impact assessment; they must therefore be subjected to environmental
impact assessment on the basis of the Presidential decree, Article 1(4) of which lays down that projects referred
to  in  Annex  B  which  fall  even  partly  within  protected  natural  areas  are  subject  to  the  environmental  impact
assessment procedure.