The Balearic Government postpones the approval of the ecotax

The Balearic Government has decided, on Friday, in the usual Friday Cabinet meeting, to postpone the approval of the Draft Bill for the creation of the Ecoturist Tax, popularly known as the ecotax. The councillor for the Presidency, Antoni Garcias, has stated in the press conference after the Cabinet Meeting, that this postponement is due to a letter to the Government from the Hotel Businesses Federation of Mallorca (FEMH), in which the organisation asked for a postponement in the approval of the ecotax, as next week they will hold a meeting during which the hoteliers will make definite proposals to try to reach a consensus on the contents of the new law. According to the councillor of the Presidency, the Government considers is positive that the FEMH is prepared to discuss the problem and will not approve the Ecotax until it hears the hoteliers' proposals.

Meanwhile, the Cabinet approve the Law for Territorial Planning of the Balearics (LOT), which is available on internet in Word format, and which modifies the Law 8/1987, for Balearic Territorial Planning and that fixes the adequate frame in connection to territorial planning, for the transfers to the insular councils. The approval of the Territorial Planning Directives did not take place until 1999, with the Law 6/1999, for the Directives of Balearic Territorial Planning and taxation measures. The approval of the LOT has gone before that of the Law of Land for the Balearics, since this is in progress, with a view to making viable transfers of the responsibilities for territorial planning to the insular councils.

Other topics dealt with by the Cabinet:
- The Govern will supply 45 million pesetas for the rehabilitation of windmills in the agricultural areas of the North of Mallorca.
- Approval of the Decree for special measures for the administration of hydraulic resources.

More information: Comunicats del Govern de les Illes Balears (16/06/2000)

Sources:
Gabinet de Comunicació del Govern de les Illes Balears
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Date of publication: 16/06/2000

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