Wednesday, October 22, 2003
From an AUN member Peter Sharp...
Could we get our estate agent friends to post a government warning:-
" BUYING A PROPERTY IN SPAIN COULD, ADVERSELY, AFFECT YOUR WEALTH "
---------------------
Contact me if you have any similar comments you wish to share on this website. Jan.
Could we get our estate agent friends to post a government warning:-
" BUYING A PROPERTY IN SPAIN COULD, ADVERSELY, AFFECT YOUR WEALTH "
---------------------
Contact me if you have any similar comments you wish to share on this website. Jan.
Tuesday, October 14, 2003
EUROPEAN DAY OF CIVIL JUSTICE
TO HELP OUR FIGHT AGAINST THE LRAU LAND LAWS PLEASE TAKE PART IN THE FOLLOWING.
Thanks to a fellow AUN member, Janice Batterbee for supplying the following information.
European Day of Civil Justice – Thursday 23 October 2003
Jonathan Faull, the Director-General for Justice and Home Affairs in the European Commission, will be taking part in a discussion forum on the Internet between 6pm and 8pm on Thursday 23 October 2003.
This is an on-line chat, however questions can be sent in advance and will either be discussed during the ´chat´ itself, or an answer sent in the following week.
This is a wonderful opportunity for us to advertise our land/property problems and our views on the LRAU.
To send your questions in advance:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/chat/mailbox/form_fr.htm
The website gives a box in which a question can be asked. Our letters regarding the LRAU must therefore be in question format rather than a statement of what is happening or our individual problems. A bombardment of questions on the land problems will help our cause, so please think of a question and send it off via the website. Anyone can take part, this is a wonderful opportunity for everyone, not only the families affected by the land laws but also the supporters of the cause to send in their questions and join in the fight for the rights of the Valencian land owners.
Also, two very interesting websites to look at
Justice and Home Affairs (JAI):
http://europa.eu.int/comm/justice_home/index_en.htm
The European
Judicial Network in civil and commercial matters:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/justice_home/ejn/index_en.htm
Many thanks to Valencia Life for the following article:
URBANISING PLANS
According to the Alicante based newspaper Informacion, Rafael Blasco, the Conseller for the Territory is putting together a new Territorial Action Plan that specifically aims to regulate building along the coastline of the Valencian Community. Currently, the idea would appear to be one of ‘dense’ urbanization of the vertical type, taking Benidorm as a prime example. Equally, the 146 kilometres of coastline that have not been urbanised are also under the microscope, one hundred kilometres of which are already protected. The Plan, which is one of those left over from the previous administration, will have a standing such that the Town Halls affected will have to conform to the Plan, adapting any projects that may be considered locally in order to bring them in line with it.
URBANISING PLANS
According to the Alicante based newspaper Informacion, Rafael Blasco, the Conseller for the Territory is putting together a new Territorial Action Plan that specifically aims to regulate building along the coastline of the Valencian Community. Currently, the idea would appear to be one of ‘dense’ urbanization of the vertical type, taking Benidorm as a prime example. Equally, the 146 kilometres of coastline that have not been urbanised are also under the microscope, one hundred kilometres of which are already protected. The Plan, which is one of those left over from the previous administration, will have a standing such that the Town Halls affected will have to conform to the Plan, adapting any projects that may be considered locally in order to bring them in line with it.
Thursday, October 09, 2003
NOTICE OF OUR ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
ASOCIACION VALENCIANA EN DEFENSA DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS MEDIOAMBIENTALES Y EN CONTRA DE LOS ABUSOS URBANISTICOS (ABUSOS URBANISTICOS NO)
CIF: G-53712766
C/ MARQUES DE CAMPO No 37, 2
03700 DENIA, ALICANTE
FAX 96 642 03 12, TEL 96 578 63 15
Dear Sir/Madam:
RE: ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
In accordance with Article 11 of the "Ley Organica 1/2002" of March 22, 2002 which regulates the rights of Associations and by means of this notification we wish to advise you of and invite you to attend the Annual General Meeting for the “Asociación Valenciana en Defensa de los Derechos Humanos, Medioambientales y en contra de los Abusos Urbanisticos” (Abusos Urbanisticos No) on the 21st of October of 2003 at 11:00 a.m. for the first call and 11:30 a.m. at the second call if necessary at the Casa de Cultura in Denia (Plaza Jaume I – some nearby parking, a 10 minute walk from the Denia train station, 5 minutes from the bus station).
The Agenda for the AGM will be as follows:
1- Reading and approval of the Reports of the Management Committee
2- General outline of future goals and activities of the Association
3- Membership and other fees, if any
4- Resignation/Election of Vice President
5- Modification of Article 5 of the Statutes
6- Any other business
Due to the importance of this meeting we respectfully request your attendance or your authorization to represent you by the attached proxy.
Yours sincerely,
Charles Svoboda
President
Denia, October 3, 2003
PROXY
I, __________________________________, a member of the Association “Abusos Urbanisticos No”, hereby authorize Mr. Jonathan Lambert, Secretary of said Association, to represent me and to cast his vote on my behalf at the AGM on the 21st of October 2003.
Signed: ________________________________
Please send a copy of this proxy by fax to: 96 642 0312 or send this page by mail to:
ASOCIACION VALENCIANA EN DEFENSA DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS, MEDIOAMBIENTALES Y EN CONTRA DE LOS ABUSOS URBANISTICOS
C/ MARQUES DE CAMPO No 37, 2
03700 DENIA (ALICANTE)
We propose to add the following item to Article 5 (Activities) of the Statutes of the Association:
E) Support and advice to members of the Association with respect to perceived development, environmental and human/property rights abuses and infringements.
Resignation of Mr. Randolph Anthony Cabban, Vice President
Election of Vice President
ASOCIACION VALENCIANA EN DEFENSA DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS MEDIOAMBIENTALES Y EN CONTRA DE LOS ABUSOS URBANISTICOS (ABUSOS URBANISTICOS NO)
CIF: G-53712766
C/ MARQUES DE CAMPO No 37, 2
03700 DENIA, ALICANTE
FAX 96 642 03 12, TEL 96 578 63 15
Dear Sir/Madam:
RE: ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
In accordance with Article 11 of the "Ley Organica 1/2002" of March 22, 2002 which regulates the rights of Associations and by means of this notification we wish to advise you of and invite you to attend the Annual General Meeting for the “Asociación Valenciana en Defensa de los Derechos Humanos, Medioambientales y en contra de los Abusos Urbanisticos” (Abusos Urbanisticos No) on the 21st of October of 2003 at 11:00 a.m. for the first call and 11:30 a.m. at the second call if necessary at the Casa de Cultura in Denia (Plaza Jaume I – some nearby parking, a 10 minute walk from the Denia train station, 5 minutes from the bus station).
The Agenda for the AGM will be as follows:
1- Reading and approval of the Reports of the Management Committee
2- General outline of future goals and activities of the Association
3- Membership and other fees, if any
4- Resignation/Election of Vice President
5- Modification of Article 5 of the Statutes
6- Any other business
Due to the importance of this meeting we respectfully request your attendance or your authorization to represent you by the attached proxy.
Yours sincerely,
Charles Svoboda
President
Denia, October 3, 2003
PROXY
I, __________________________________, a member of the Association “Abusos Urbanisticos No”, hereby authorize Mr. Jonathan Lambert, Secretary of said Association, to represent me and to cast his vote on my behalf at the AGM on the 21st of October 2003.
Signed: ________________________________
Please send a copy of this proxy by fax to: 96 642 0312 or send this page by mail to:
ASOCIACION VALENCIANA EN DEFENSA DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS, MEDIOAMBIENTALES Y EN CONTRA DE LOS ABUSOS URBANISTICOS
C/ MARQUES DE CAMPO No 37, 2
03700 DENIA (ALICANTE)
We propose to add the following item to Article 5 (Activities) of the Statutes of the Association:
E) Support and advice to members of the Association with respect to perceived development, environmental and human/property rights abuses and infringements.
Resignation of Mr. Randolph Anthony Cabban, Vice President
Election of Vice President
Sunday, October 05, 2003
Provided courtesy of "Valencia Life"
DEMO STAGED
The Abusos-Urbanisticos-No group staged a demonstration yesterday outside the Valencian Parliament, and read a manifesto of their complaints against the Valencian Land Laws better known as LRAU. After the reading, the manifesto was then officially handed in to the Parliament and has become a fully registered part of the current Parliamentary session. The group has already succeeded in obtaining extensive coverage of its fight to stop the abuses that have taken place under the land laws, with stories and features appearing in Meridien TV, GMTV, Granada TV, BBC Radio 4, CNN and the International Herald Tribune. An article about land abuse in the Valencian Community also appears in today’s editions of The Sunday Times. Under the title “Focus: Expats duped by land grab on Spanish villas”, Clare Rewcastle, Jon Ungoed-Thomas and Peter Upton reveal the truth behind the sale of several homes by one real estate agency – Ocean Estates.
DEMO STAGED
The Abusos-Urbanisticos-No group staged a demonstration yesterday outside the Valencian Parliament, and read a manifesto of their complaints against the Valencian Land Laws better known as LRAU. After the reading, the manifesto was then officially handed in to the Parliament and has become a fully registered part of the current Parliamentary session. The group has already succeeded in obtaining extensive coverage of its fight to stop the abuses that have taken place under the land laws, with stories and features appearing in Meridien TV, GMTV, Granada TV, BBC Radio 4, CNN and the International Herald Tribune. An article about land abuse in the Valencian Community also appears in today’s editions of The Sunday Times. Under the title “Focus: Expats duped by land grab on Spanish villas”, Clare Rewcastle, Jon Ungoed-Thomas and Peter Upton reveal the truth behind the sale of several homes by one real estate agency – Ocean Estates.
