Judgement No 011-13-SIN-CC País/Territorio Ecuador Tipo de la corte Nacional - corte superior Fecha Nov 12, 2013 Fuente UNEP, InforMEA Nombre del tribunal Corte Constitucional Sede de la corte Quito Número de referencia 0048-11-IN Idioma Español Materia Cuestiones jurídicas Palabra clave Ordenación/conservación Resumen The Ecuadorian Constitutional Court is asked to review the constitutionality of several laws and decrees creating a national environmental administrative authority.The opponents of this national environmental authority argued that the constitution provides that local environmental and land use planning matters are the exclusive domains of local governments and municipalities.The court considered that the field of competence given to the national environmental administrative authority was not overlapping the one of the local governments, and was, on the contrary, complementary to ensure an efficient environmental protection.Consequently, the Constitutional court considered that those laws and decrees creating a national environmental administrative authority were in line with the constitution. Texto completo 011-13-SIN-CC.pdf