Enfermedad de los pinos, fumigaciones y Red Natura 2000. Algunas cuestiones sobre la Comunidad Autónoma Vasca

Abstract

This contribution examines the decisions taken during 2019 to combat a plague affecting pines (pinus radiata) in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country. The article analyses the current EU legal framework concerning pesticides, in particular, the prohibition to carry out their aerial spraying, the implementing Spanish rules on the subject, and also the authorisations granted. The contribution also examines the measures (instructions) adopted by the three provincial governments (Territorios Históricos). In those cases, it highlights various procedural errors, such as the lack of proper reasons when grating the authorisation for the use of pesticides, or the absence of an appropriate assessment of their effects on Natura 2000 sites in the Autonomous Community.

Keywords

• eu pesticides law
• pesticides spraying
• procedural failures