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In compliance with the agreements adopted by the Central Commission for the Operation of the Tajo-Segura Aqueduct at a meeting held on 10 September 2015, the Directorate General for Water, dated 10 September 2015, has issued a Proposal for a report on the situation of the Tagus header reservoirs, which states that the volume of stocks effective in the set of Entrepenas-Buendia reservoirs, as of 1 September 2015, was 351,575 hm3 per which, in accordance with the provisions of point 1 of the Additional Disposition 15th, ' Rules of Procedure exploitation of the Tajo-Segura transfer ", of Law 21/2013, of December 9, of environmental assessment, has been found to be in exceptional hydrological situation, level 3.
In exceptional hydrological situation, as set out in point 2 of the Additional Disposition 15th of the said Law 21/2013 of 9 December, when the hydrological conditions of level 3 are met, the authorisation of It is up to the Minister who has responsibility for water matters to be responsible, following the report of the Central Committee on Exploitation. In this level 3 situation, as set out in Article 1 of Royal Decree 773/2014 of 12 September 2014, approving various regulatory standards for the transfer by the Tajo-Segura aqueduct, it is for the competent body, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, the authorization, on a discretionary and motivated basis, of a monthly volume of up to 20 hm3/month
In line with the agreement of the Central Commission on Exploitation dated 10 September 2015, the exceptional hydrological situation, level 3, in September 2015, and in line with the report and proposal, was found. issued on 10 September 2015 by the Directorate-General for Water, on the basis of the volumes of stocks in the Entrepenas-Buendia reservoirs at the beginning of September of this year and the contributions foreseeable for the remainder of the hydrological year, in accordance with the provisions of the additional provision 15th, Point 2 of Law 21/2013 of 9 December of 9 December 2014 on environmental assessment and the provisions of Article 1 of Royal Decree 773/2014 of 12 September 2014 approving various rules governing the transfer by the Tajo-Segura aqueduct, Resolve:
Authorize a transfer from the Entrepenas-Buendia reservoirs through the Tajo-Segura aqueduct, 10 hm3 for the month of September 2015.
Madrid, September 10, 2015. -Minister of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Isabel García Tejerina.