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European Union
Rural Development Programme
The Rural Development Programme falls within the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The policy of rural development, based on the Agenda 2000, was implemented through the rural development programmes.
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6th Environment Action Programme of the European Community
The European Commission has proposed a new environmental action programme which includes the priorities for action in the next few years. "Environment 2010: Our future, our choice" focuses on 4 areas of action: climate change, nature and biodiversity, environment and health and management of natural resources and waste. The Commission proposal was adopted by the European Council and Parliament by the co-decision process.
> Text of the programme
> Text of the programme in Spanish
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Catalonia
Wind Power Map of Catalonia
The Decree regulating the introduction of wind power simplifies and includes the administrative procedure for installing wind parks, whilst defining the governing environmental and energy criteria, and also reconciles installation with environmental protection.
> DECREE 174/2002, of 11 June, regulating the introduction of wind power in Catalonia
> Wind power map - detailed map
Municipal Wastewater Treatment Programme 2005 (PSARU 2005)
Municipal Wastewater Treatment Programme 2005 (PSARU 2005) is a hydrological planning instrument that develops the Catalan Wastewater Treatment Plan and aims to define all actions directed at reducing pollution by domestic use of water that enable the attainment of water quality objectives, in the context of the Catalan Wastewater Treatment Plan approved by the Government of Catalonia on 7 November 1995.
The PSARU 2005 is framed between Directive 91/271/EEC concerning urban wastewater treatment and Directive 2000/60/EC establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy.
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Spain
National Hydrological Plan
In October 2000, the Government of Catalonia brought 72 allegations regarding the National Hydrological Plan. It considered that the transfer from the Ebro should be reduced to 200 hm3, instead of the 1,050 hm3 proposed by the central Government. Furthermore, the Generalitat continues to defend long-term transfer from the Rhône as a solution to Catalonia's lack of water resources.
> Allegations made by the Government of Catalonia and further information
> Royal Decree Law repealing the articles of the Hydrological Plan Act concerning Transfer from the Ebro.
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