On behalf of Plataforma Ciudadana “Salvemos Meca y Sus Comarcas”, on the construction of a huge pig-farm and a biomethanization plant in the Spanish municipality of Ayora (Valencia) and its surroundings 

The petitioner states that a company has built a huge pig-farm and a biomethanization plant in Ayora (Valencia) without any previous information to the citizens or to the political groups not represented in the city council. Furthermore, the same company has requested the authorization to build three other enormous pig-farms adjoining to the first one. The petitioner calls upon the Committee on Petitions to urge the Commission to investigate the alleged breaches of EU legislation on water, habitats and wild fauna and flora, the environmental impact assessment and also on the access to official documents. The Commission should also take the necessary steps to oblige the concerned administrations to comply with the EU legislation. The European Parliament should adopt a specific Directive on intensive livestock farms and urge the Commission to verify whether projects developed with EU funds comply with the relevant EU legislation.