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Royal Decree 479/2007 Of 13 April, By Which Develop Measures Approved By The Royal Decree-Law 2/2007, Of February 2, By Which Adopt Urgent Measures To Repair The Damage Caused By Floods Occuring The Past Day...

Original Language Title: Real Decreto 479/2007, de 13 de abril, por el que se desarrollan medidas aprobadas por el Real Decreto-ley 2/2007, de 2 de febrero, por el que se adoptan medidas urgentes para reparar los daños causados por las inundaciones acaecidas los pasados día...

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The Royal Decree-Law 2/2007, of 2 February, adopting urgent measures to repair the damage caused by the floods that occurred on 26, 27 and 28 January in the island of El Hierro, provided for the approval of a catalogue of actions of an urgent nature to alleviate the consequences of these events, which produced serious and substantial damages of all kinds. The aforementioned Royal Decree-Law was approved in the days immediately after the end of the events causing the catastrophic situation, in order to execute as soon as possible those measures that needed urgently to be undertaken, not However, the regulatory development of those fields of action in which it was necessary to know in greater detail the extent of the damage produced has been different at a later stage. This was intended to enable the State Administration to enable the appropriate appropriations and the amount necessary to finance these actions, as well as to establish the coordination procedures with other administrations which will be more effective in order to restore normalcy in the affected areas. For these purposes, the Fifth Additional Provision of Royal Decree-Law 2/2007 of 2 February 2007 provided for the adoption of this development standard, in which the financing necessary for the implementation of the measures would be in particular concrete determined the damage assessment. In this way, the Directorate-General for Civil Protection and Emergencies of the Ministry of the Interior, with the advice of the Insurance Compensation Consortium, has coordinated these actions, on the basis of the report prepared by the Government in the Canary Islands in collaboration with the Cabildo Island of El Hierro, finally determining the total valuation of the damages produced. This has made it possible to establish the necessary appropriations for the financing of 50% of the repair works of the damage to municipal infrastructure and road network of the El Hierro Cabildo, as well as the overall amount of the line of loans. of mediation which instructs the Official Credit Institute, as a State Financial Agency, for the repair or replacement of industrial and commercial installations, commercial vehicles, agricultural holdings and livestock, vessels and craft and work premises of professionals, who have been affected by the facts mentioned. Finally, taking into account the extension of the scope of the measures of Royal Decree-Law 2/2007 of 2 February 2007 to the territories of the Autonomous Community of Galicia affected by the floods of last November 2006, As determined by Order INT/489/2007 of 2 March 2007, this Royal Decree lays down the provisions necessary to implement the extension of the measures provided for. On the basis of the above, on the proposal of the Second Vice-President of the Government and Minister for Economic Affairs and Finance and the Ministers of the Interior, Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Public Administrations, and the Environment and prior deliberation of the Council of Ministers at its meeting on 13 April 2007,

D I S P O N G O:

Article 1. Scope of application.

This Royal Decree applies to the territories provided for in Article 1 and to the second provision of Royal Decree-Law 2/2007 of 2 February 2007 laying down urgent measures for the repair of damage caused by the Floods occurred in the past 26, 27 and 28 January on the island of El Hierro.

Article 2. Damage to municipal infrastructure and road network of the Cabildo Insular de El Hierro.

For the award of grants to projects implemented by local authorities in the municipal or population-based terms referred to in Article 1 of Royal Decree-Law 2/2007 of 2 February 2007, and In order to comply with the provisions of Article 12 of the Royal Decree-Law, the amount of the credit to be provided in the budget of the Ministry of Public Administration is fixed at 1,997,000 euros.

Article 3. Damage to municipal infrastructure included in the scope of the second provision of Royal Decree-Law 2/2007.

For the granting of grants to projects implemented by local authorities in the municipal or population-core terms included in the scope of the Royal Decree-Law's additional second provision 2/2007, of 2 February, and in order to comply with the provisions of Article 12 of the aforementioned Royal Decree-Law, the amount of the credit to be provided in the budget of the Ministry of Public Administrations is set at EUR 3,000,000.

Article 4. Preferential lines of credit.

For the application of the provisions of Article 11 of Royal Decree-Law 2/2007, of February 2, the Institute of Official Credit is instructed, in its capacity as the State Financial Agency, to implement a line of loans amounting to EUR 1,000,000, under the conditions and conditions laid down in that provision, and in the regulatory rules to be laid down for its development.

Article 5. Compensation for damage to agricultural and livestock production.

In order to pay compensation for damages caused to agricultural and livestock farms, which are insured with policies in force of the combined agricultural insurance, included in the Agrarian Insurance Plan Combined, they have suffered losses not covered by the combined agricultural insurance lines, or damage losses not included in the aforementioned Insurance Plan, will be provided in the budget of the State Agricultural Insurance Entity, which is dependent on the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, an amount of EUR 30,000.

Article 6. Agreements with other administrations.

For the conclusion of collaboration agreements with other public administrations that have as a priority objective the actions on the channels of ravines and coasts, as referred to in article 15 of the Royal Decree-Law 2/2007, On 2 February, a loan of EUR 4,398,000 will be provided in the budget of the Ministry of the Environment.

Article 7. Collaboration agreements for the restoration of the Recovery Center of the "giant lizard" of the island of El Hierro.

For the performance of performances as provided for in the Sixth Additional Disposition of Royal Decree-Law 2/2007, of February 2, in relation to the Recovery Center of the "giant lizard" of the island of El Hierro, The amount of the credit to be provided in the budget of the Ministry of the Environment is set at 300,000 euros.

Article 8. Financing of appropriations.

The appropriations which, in accordance with the provisions of this Royal Decree, are to be provided in the budget of the corresponding ministerial departments, will be financed from the Contingency Fund budget, for which the amount of EUR 9,725 000 is allocated.

Single end disposition. Entry into force.

This royal decree will enter into force on the day of its publication in the "Official State Gazette".

Given in Madrid, on April 13, 2007.

JOHN CARLOS R.

First Vice-President of the Government and Minister of the Presidency, MARIA TERESA FERNÁNDEZ DE LA VEGA SANZ