Aug 27 - Government Acknowledges Spain’s Attempts to Prohibit Commercial Vehicles Entering Gibraltar
The Government has today taken note of the Spanish authorities attempts to deny export permission for the supply of rock, sand and aggregates destined for projects in Gibraltar.
The Government has already identified sourced alternative sources of supplies and will shortly be finalising these alternative arrangements.
As a result, there should be no delay to the envisaged works on any project as a result of these illegal and anti-European restrictions.
Chief Minister Fabian Picardo is set to raise the issue with Foreign Secretary William Hague during their meeting in London tomorrow. He will also touch upon the many other instances of illegal action being taken by the Spanish Government at the frontier and at sea.
The Government claims that legal action and the necessary complaints to the EU Commission will follow if the restrictions in question are not removed.
