Sede Electrónica

Inspections to verify compliance with integrated environmental authorisations.

Exercise of the Administration's inspection power in order to ensure that the legal prescriptions on the various areas of environmental protection (air, water, waste, soil, noise, etc.) are complied with in relation to the operation of the facilities subject to AAI.

General information

Regional ministry
Consejeria De Fomento, Vivienda, Ordenacion Del Territorio Y Medio Ambiente
Governing board
Direc. General De Medio Ambiente Y Cambio Climatico (DIR3: A06045079)
Classification
Inspector
Subject(s)
Environment
Starting way
Ex officio, Interested
Target
Legal entities, self-employed persons and registered professionals
Subject to fees
No
Languages ​​in which the procedure can be completed
Spanish
Allow power of attorney
Yes
Links to web pages with specific information
Type

No links are included

Requirements

Requirements
  • Own initiative.
    *Complaint; higher order; or reasoned request from another administrative body.

Deadlines and submission

Deadline for submission

The submission of certain emission and discharge values, as well as waste control, is carried out constantly by electronic means.
Field inspections in the production centres themselves are in accordance with the provisions contained in the corresponding Environmental Action Plan and in the annual programmes that develop it: they provide for periodic inspections of an annual, biennial or triennial nature, depending on the environmental risk represented by the facility.

Submission deadline start date
15/10/2025
Submission deadline end date
31/12/2025
Periodicity
Continuous
Means of submission
Telematic
Online submission
At the General Electronic Registry
Art. 14. 2 of the Law 39/2015, of 1 October, of the Common Administrative Procedure of the Public Administrations, establishes the obligatory nature of the electronic management for certain subjects as, for example, a) The juridical persons, b) Entities without legal personality, c) Those who carry out a professional activity for which compulsory membership is required, for the procedures and actions they carry out with the Public Administrations in the exercise of said professional activity. In any case, within this group, notaries and property and mercantile registrars shall be included. d) Those who represent an interested party who is obliged to relate electronically with the Administration, e) The employees of the Public Administrations for the procedures and actions that they carry out with them due to their condition of public employee, in the form in which it is determined by regulation by each Administration.

Required documentation

Multi-year Environmental Inspection Plan.

(a) An overall assessment of the most important environmental problems. b) The geographical area covered by the inspection plan. c) A register of the facilities covered by the plan. d) The procedure for drawing up the programmes of environmental inspections. e) The procedures for scheduled and unscheduled environmental inspections. f) Where appropriate, provisions on cooperation between the different bodies responsible for inspection and, in particular, between the basin organisations and the environmental inspection bodies of the Autonomous Community.

Order of the Minister of Development, Housing, Territorial Planning and the Environment, published in the B.O.C.

Mandatory

Annual Environmental Inspection Program.

It includes the frequency of site inspection visits for different types of facilities, taking into account the following parameters: a) The first inspection visit to these facilities will be carried out within one year of the start of the activity. (b) The period between two on-site visits shall be based on a risk assessment of the facilities concerned, and shall not exceed one year for the facilities with the highest risks and three years for the facilities with the lowest risks. c) If an inspection shows a serious breach of the conditions of the integrated environmental authorisation, an additional visit to the installation will be carried out within a period of no more than six months. The systematic assessment of environmental risks shall be based on at least the following criteria: a) The potential and actual impact of the facilities on human health and the environment, taking into account the levels and types of emissions, the sensitivity of the local environment and the risk of accidents. b) The history of compliance with the conditions of the integrated environmental authorisation. c) The participation of the operator in the environmental management and audit system (EMAS).

Order of the Minister of Development, Housing, Territorial Planning and the Environment, published in the B.O.C.

Mandatory

Processing and resolution

Instructor board
Environmental Authorizations and Incentives Section.
Attributive rule

- Royal Decree 815/2013, of 18 October, approving the Regulation on industrial emissions and the development of the Law on integrated pollution prevention and control.

- Decree 73/2005, of 30 June, on the organic structure and modification of the lists of jobs in the Department of the Environment and subsequent modifications.

- Decree 54/2023, of 20 July, partially modifying the basic structure of the Ministries of the Government of Cantabria.

Reports or opinions
No reports or opinions are required
Resolution entity
The Head of the Environmental Impact and Authorisation Service proposes, where appropriate, to the Director-General for the Environment and Climate Change the initiation of the corresponding sanctioning procedure.
Attributive rule

- Decree 73/2005, of 30 June, on the organic structure and modification of the lists of jobs in the Department of the Environment and subsequent modifications.

- Decree 54/2023, of 20 July, partially modifying the basic structure of the Ministries of the Government of Cantabria.

Maximum deadline for decision
4 Months
Average deadline for decision
4 Months
Effects of the administrative silence or inactivity of the Administration
It does no have
Initiation ex officio:
It does no have
Does it put an end to the administrative procedure?
No
Subject to participation of certification partner entities
No
Certification Partner Entities

Currently, there are no certification partner entities authorized to act in this procedure.

Appeals

Type

Non-appealable procedural act.

Regulations

Regulation applied
  • Reglamento (CE) Nº 1.272/2008, del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo, de 16 dediciembre de 2008, sobre clasificación, etiquetado y envasado de sustancias y mezclas.
  • Real Decreto Legislativo 1/2016, de 16 de diciembre, por el que se aprueba el Texto Refundido de la Ley de prevención y control integrados de la contaminación.
  • Ley 7/2022, de 8 de abril, de residuos y suelos contaminados para una economía circular.
  • Ley 34/2007, de 15 de noviembre, de calidad del aire y protección de la atmósfera.
  • Ley de Cantabria 17/2006, de 11 de diciembre, de control ambiental integrado.
  • Ley 27/2006, de 18 de julio, por la que se regulan los derechos de acceso a la información, de participación pública y de acceso a la justicia en materia de medio ambiente.
  • Ley 37/2003, de 17 de noviembre, del ruido.
  • Real Decreto 646/2020, de 7 de julio, por el que se regula la eliminación de residuos mediante depósito en vertedero.
  • Real Decreto 20/2017, de 20 de enero, sobre los vehículos al final de su vida útil.
  • Real Decreto 840/2015, de 21 de septiembre, por el que se aprueban medidas de control de los riesgos inherentes a los accidentes graves en los que intervengan sustancias peligrosas.
  • Real Decreto 110/2015, de 20 de febrero, sobre residuos de aparatos eléctricos y electrónicos.
  • Real Decreto 815/2013, de 18 de octubre, por el que se aprueba el reglamento de emisiones industriales y de desarrollo de la Ley de prevención y control integrados de la de la contaminación.
  • Real Decreto 102/2011, de 28 de enero, relativo a la mejora de la calidad del aire.
  • Real Decreto 100/2011, de 28 de enero, por el que se actualiza el catálogo de actividades potencialmente contaminadoras de la atmósfera y se establecen disposiciones básicas para su aplicación.
  • Real Decreto 105/2008, de 1 de febrero, por el que se regula la producción y gestión de residuos de construcción y demolición.
  • Real Decreto 679/2006, de 2 de junio, por el que se regula la gestión de los aceites industriales usados.
  • Real Decreto 9/2005, por el que se establece la relación de actividades potencialmente contaminantes del suelo y los criterios y estándares para la declaración de suelos contaminados.
  • Real Decreto 117/2003, de 31 de enero, sobre limitación de emisiones de compuestos orgánicos volátiles debidas al uso de disolventes en determinadas actividades.
  • Real Decreto 379/2001, de 6 de abril por el que se aprueba el Reglamento de almacenamiento de productos químicos y sus instrucciones técnicas complementarias.
  • Real Decreto 782/1998, de 30 de abril, por el que se aprueba el Reglamento para el desarrollo y ejecución de la Ley 11/1997, de 24 de abril, de envases y residuos de envases.
  • Decreto 72/2010, de 28 de octubre de 2010, por el que se regula la producción y gestión de los residuos de construcción y demolición en en la Comunidad Autónoma de Cantabria.
  • Decreto 50/2009, de 18 de junio, por el que se regula en la Comunidad Autónoma de Cantabria el control de la contaminación atmosférica industrial.
  • Decreto 104/2006, de 19 de octubre, de valorización de escorias en la Comunidad Autónoma de Cantabria.

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