The Port Authority of the Balearic Islands (APB) is awaiting the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) from the Ministry of the Environment with regards to the project to expand the Molinar de Levante Maritime Club. If confirmed that the contents of this report are already in the hands of the maritime club, as various media have reported today, this would entail a data leak.

Once the APB has the environmental impact statement, it will be included in the file along with the other documents submitted in the application for extending the concession period. The EIS is another step in this administrative process; however it is not a decisive factor if it favours the extension.

Next, the APB will assess all of the reports and arguments submitted and take this decision regarding the extension of the concession to its Board of Directors.

 The Molinar Maritime Club submitted the application to extend the period of its concession in 2014. This process is part of the possibility of modifying concessions in the public domain under the tenth transitional provision of the consolidated text of the Law on State Ports and the Merchant Navy, introduced by Law 18/2014. Its concession ends in March 2018.