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What it is

Reform of Spain's forestry law: fires, protection and prosecutors

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is a government bill. Introduced by the Government. It was introduced on 29 July 2005. Introduced by: Gobierno.

Official title: Government bill amending Law 43/2003, of 21 November, on Forests.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 121/000051· updated 11 Nov

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  1. It bans changing the use of forest land hit by fire for at least 30 years, and bans any activity incompatible with the regrowth of vegetation. Regional governments may grant exceptions if the change of use was already planned before the fire.
  2. It creates a regime for protective forests and forests with other special protection figures, which may be public or private. Regional governments declare them and must create public registers for them.
  3. It creates the Fund for Natural Heritage, a co-financing tool to support sustainable forest management, prevent forest fires and protect forest and natural areas. Regional governments manage the fund's grants.
  4. It recognizes forest agents as agents of the authority and as judicial police in a generic sense. Their inspection and complaint reports are presumed to be accurate.
  5. It amends the Organic Statute of the Public Prosecutor's Office: it creates Environment Sections in several prosecutor offices and the figure of the Section Head Prosecutor for the Environment, who coordinates the prosecution of environmental crimes and forest fires.
  6. It promotes forest certification as a voluntary system and requires public administrations to buy wood from certified forests and avoid wood from illegal logging in public procurement.

Words worth knowing

Monte protector
A forest, public or private, declared especially valuable for functions such as preventing floods or soil erosion.
Plan dasocrático
A technical plan that sets out how to manage and use a forest sustainably.
Agente de la autoridad
A public official whose actions and reports have full legal validity and who must be obeyed while performing their duties.
Fiscal de Sala
A senior prosecutor who coordinates other prosecutors in a specific field.
Cofinanciación
Paying for a project by combining money from several sources at once.

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Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 7 of 7 steps. It reached BOE, and today it is passed.

  1. Introduced29 July 2005Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted24 August 2005The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
  3. Amendments26 August 2005Groups propose changes.
  4. Committee29 September 2005A committee goes through the text in detail.
  5. Plenary21 December 2005All 350 deputies vote.
  6. Senate16 February 2006The Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
  7. BOE6 April 2006It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 13 official steps on a timeline
Jul 2005Aug 2005Sept 2005Oct 2005Nov 2005Dec 2005Jan 2006Feb 2006Mar 200611. 29 July 2005: Presentación22. 24 August 2005: Comisión de Medio Ambiente Publicación desde 24/08/2005 hasta 26/08/200533. 24 August 2005: Calificación44. 26 August 2005: Comisión de Medio Ambiente Enmiendas desde 26/08/2005 hasta 28/09/200555. 28 September 2005: Comisión de Medio Ambiente Mesa - Calificación desde 28/09/2005 hasta 29/09/200566. 29 September 2005: Comisión de Medio Ambiente Debate de totalidad desde 29/09/2005 hasta 06/10/200577. 6 October 2005: Comisión de Medio Ambiente Informe desde 06/10/2005 hasta 13/12/200588. 13 December 2005: Comisión de Medio Ambiente Aprobación con competencia legislativa plena desde 13/12/2005 hasta 20/12/200599. 20 December 2005: Comisión de Medio Ambiente Dictamen desde 20/12/2005 hasta 21/12/20051010. 21 December 2005: Pleno Aprobación desde 21/12/2005 hasta 16/02/20061111. 16 February 2006: Senado desde 16/02/2006 hasta 23/03/20061212. 23 March 2006: Pleno Enmiendas o veto del Senado desde 23/03/2006 hasta 06/04/20061313. 6 April 2006: Concluido - (Aprobado con modificaciones) desde 06/04/2006 hasta 23/05/2006

Was there a plenary vote?

We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.

What happens next

What happens now?

It is law, or will be once published in the BOE. It comes into force on the date its own text sets.

It was presented again:

The same initiative in the other chamber:

Published in the BOE: Law 10/2006, of 28 April, amending Law 43/2003, of 21 November, on Forests.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

  • The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
  • Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
  • We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.

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