The Governing Council of the Canary Islands has agreed this Monday to initiate the legal procedure to claim from the State the exclusive powers of the autonomous community of the Canary Islands in matters of Coasts during the session held this morning. This decision is made after the request of the Ministry of Public Works, Housing and Mobility.
In this sense, the Executive considers that the Archipelago, in accordance with the provisions of article 157 of the Statute of Autonomy of the Canary Islands, has exclusive competence in matters of coastal management, respecting the general regime of public domain. "This includes the management of occupation titles of the maritime-terrestrial public domain, including all concessions on said space, without any distinction and without legal reservation of powers to the General State Administration in this matter," according to the Government of the Canary Islands.
The Canarian Government does not recognize "the legal competence of the Ministry for Ecological Transition to issue the resolution of February 27, 2024, which declares the expiration of the concession granted by Ministerial Order to the commercial entity Geafond Número Uno Lanzarote, S.A" of the Riu chain hotel in Fuerteventura.
Thus, the Autonomous Community has requested to act, in the same way, "in any other file regarding the management of occupation and use titles of the maritime-terrestrial public domain, especially in the granting of authorizations and concessions".
Likewise, it has reiterated its willingness to "debate and resolve the discrepancies and differences that the General State Administration may have regarding the powers of the autonomous community in matters of coastal management and management" within the Bilateral Cooperation Commission Canary Islands-State, provided for in article 192 of the Statute of Autonomy of the Canary Islands.