Hunting in derogation: the process of the Decree 588 concerning the obligations of Italy for belonging to the European Union has begun; the European Union Politics Commission of the Senate the first step.
On May 28, the Senate's European Union Policies Commission began the evaluation process for the approval of Bill No. 588, relating to the "Provisions for the fulfillment of the obligations deriving from Italy's membership of the European Union - European Law 2013 ". The legislative project contains some changes to the law 157/92 on hunting activities. Specifically, the articles concern the issue of Hunting in Derogation, with the assignment to the Regions of what concerns wildlife management, including technical opinions in this regard, in order to avoid dependence on ISPRA, the Higher Institute for Protection and Research. Environmental; often and willingly the opinions of ISPRA are not actually relevant to local situations taken on a case-by-case basis but generic on a national scale. The article in question is the new 19bis to be inserted in place of the current one of 157/92, in particular paragraph two and paragraph three; according to paragraph two "The exceptions can be ordered by the Regions and autonomous Provinces, with an administrative act, only in the absence of other satisfactory solutions, by way of exception and for limited periods".
The other paragraph concerns the ISPRA opinions and states, "The exceptions referred to in paragraph 1 are adopted after consulting ISPRA or other independent institutes entitled for the purpose, including regional ones where established, with similar technical-scientific and organizational autonomy, and cannot in any case have as their object species whose numerical consistency is in severe decline. The intention to adopt a derogation provision concerning migratory species must be communicated to ISPRA by April of each year, which expresses itself no later than forty days from receipt of the communication ". With this last modification, the Regions could thus equip themselves with specific regional Bodies having immediate and more relevant opinions to the local reality avoiding having recourse to the National Institute for each opinion and thus lightening the workload that would be limited to expressing opinions in the case of migratory species.
The Bill was presented by the Government in the referring seat and the related text will be discussed article by article, making any changes, after which it will have to be voted in the Chamber. The Government's intention is obviously to adapt as much as possible to European legislation in order to avoid any sanctions in the event of infringements contested by the European Union.
30 May 2013