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THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR´S OFFICE
FOR THE PROTECTION OF
ENVIRONMENT AND LAND PLANNING
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Fiscalía General del Estado
REGULATION OF THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR IN SPAIN
ARTICLE 124 OF THE SPANISH CONSTITUTION:
1.
The Office of the Public Prosecutor, without prejudice to the functions entrusted to other bodies,
has as its mission that of promoting the operation of justice in the defence of the rule of law, of
citizens’ rights and of the public interest as safeguarded by the law, whether ex officio or at the
request of interested parties, as well as that of protecting the independence of the Courts and
securing through them the satisfaction of social interest.
2.
The Office of Public Prosecutor exercises its duties through its own bodies in accordance with the
principles of unity of action and hierarchical dependency, subject in all cases to the principles of
the rule of law and of impartiality.
3.
The organic statute of the Office of the Public Prosecutor shall be regulated by law.
4.
The State Public Prosecutor shall be appointed by the King on being nominated by the
Government, after consultation with the General Council of the Judiciary.
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Fiscalía General del Estado
THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE SPANISH CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE 45:
1.
Everyone has the right to enjoy an environment suitable for the development of the
person, as well as the duty to preserve it.
2.
The public authorities shall safeguard rational use of all natural resources with a view to
protecting and improving the quality of life and preserving and restoring the environment,
by relying on essential collective solidarity.
3.
For those who break the provisions contained in the foregoing paragraph, criminal or,
where applicable, administrative sanctions shall be imposed, under the terms established
by the law, and the shall be obliged to repair the damage caused
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Fiscalía General del Estado
ORIGINGIN OF THE ENVIROMENTAL PROSECUTORS
1.
Parliamentary Debates on Corruption (1994)
2. Cases Ballena Blanca and Malaya (2005):
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Corruption.
Money laundering of building activities
Land planing
3. Law 10/2006, of April 28, on Forest
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Fiscalía General del Estado
COMPETENCES
 URBANISM AND LAND PLANNING
 HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE
 ENVIRONMENT
 ILL TREATMENT OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS
 FOREST FIRES
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Fiscalía General del Estado
COMPOSITION
1.- Chief Public Prosecutor.
2.- Three Assistant Public Prosecutors.
3.- Fifty two Delegated (one in each province).
4.- One hundred fifty five Especialized Public Prosecutors.
5.- Ten Liaision Prosecutors.
6.- A Technical Unit.
7.- A Police Unit.
Fiscalía Coordinadora de Medio Ambiente y Urbanismo
Fiscalía General del Estado
MAIN TASKS
 To Coordinate Delegated and Especialized Public Prosecutors in the whole Spain.
 To receive whatever notice regarding infractions of environmental legislation,
which will be properly conveyed.
 To investigate directly those cases of higher importance or relevance.
 To prepare an annual report describing the situation of the environment from the penal
and administrative point of view in Spain.
 To organize and participate in events related to the protection of the environment.
Fiscalía Coordinadora de Medio Ambiente y Urbanismo
Fiscalía General del Estado
STATISTICS
2015
ACQUITTALS
CONVICTIONS
ENVIRONMENT
25
39
URBANISM AND LAND PLANNING
137
456
HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL
HERITAGE
11
17
FLORA AND FAUNA
44
220
FOREST FIRES
28
132
ILL TREATMENT OF DOMESTIC
ANIMALS
16
68
261
932
Fiscalía Coordinadora de Medio Ambiente y Urbanismo
Fiscalía General del Estado
Fiscalía Coordinadora de Medio Ambiente y Urbanismo
Fiscalía General del Estado