Coastal zone bill approved with tweaks

Parliament on Thursday ratified the draft law on the use of public property in coastal areas with the inclusion of some revisions that had been requested by social organizations.

The Finance Ministry accepted part of the comments submitted by social organizations to the Parliament on the draft law "Conditions for the utilization of public property in coastal areas and other provisions."

But not the one that caused the greatest conflict with environmental organizations - and the concern of the Scientific Committee of the Parliament - was that on the abolition of the minimum width of 30 meters in the calculation of the beach zone for commercial use. 

The most important tweaks concern the definition of the seashore, with the addition of a phrase to highlight its environmental and social dimension, namely that it is an essential element of the natural environment,...