Brussels, 22/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 22 July, the European Commission sent a reasoned opinion to Spain for failure to implement a Court of Justice ruling of December 2007, which had condemned persistent infringement of the Community legislation on the protection of Nature. This was due to Spain's vast Segarra-Garrigues irrigation project in Catalonia, the construction of which affects natural protected areas of Community importance under the Natura 2000 network, vital for the...