<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament:"Some months ago in the municipality of Dúrcal (Granada province, Spain) a mineral water bottling plant, belonging to the company Aguas Minerales de Sierra Nevada, commenced operations. The capacity requested for this plant is 45 litres per second, amounting to 1.4 hm3 perannum in an area suffering from water shortages and at risk of desertification. In this connection, a report drawn up in 2007 by the Spanish Ministry of the Environment predicts that the 21stcentury will see a reduction of as much as 40% in rainfall in the southern half of the Iberian peninsula. This bottling plant is in breach of the conclusions of the UN Convention on Climate Change, since the extraction of the water required for it will worsen the local water shortage and could increase the risks of desertification.  The approval of this project appears to be in breach of Community law in several respects: no environmental impact assessment was carried out under Council Directive97/11/EC(1); there were no studies of the volume and temperature of the water over the twelve months of the application period, despite the requirements of Directive80/777/EEC(2) on bottled water; and there is also a breach of the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC(3)), since the excavations affect the Sierra Nevada nature reserve, which is both a ZEPA and an SCI.  The water bottling plant not only benefits from regional funding but is also being subsidised by the European Investment Bank, which proposes to grant the company Aguas Minerales de Sierra Nevada, S.L. a direct subsidy to the sum of EUR1245756.93 and an interest rate subsidy amounting to EUR152277.55. In addition, the company will receive a loan of EUR2400000.        —  Can the Commission provide information on the nature of the EU aid granted to this water bottling plant?      —  Can the Commission state its position on the approval of this plant, in view of the circumstances described above?       —  What action does the Commission intend to take on the possible breach of Directive97/11/EC on environmental impact assessment? What measures will it take should there prove to be a breach of Directive80/777/EEC and the Habitats Directive?      (1)OJL73, 14.3.1997, p.5.  (2)OJL229, 30.8.1980, p.1.  (3)OJL206, 22.7.1992, p.7."
Analyze carefully the text and assign it to the most relevant policy area among those listed below. Do not explain your answer and return only a number.
Policy area numbers: 1 = Macroeconomics
2 = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties
3 = Health
4 = Agriculture and Fisheries
5 = Labour, employment and pensions
6 = Education
7 = Environment
8 = Energy
9 = Immigration
10 = Transportation
12 = Law and Crime
13 = Social welfare
14 = Regional and Urban issues and Planning
15 = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues
16 = Defence
17 = Space, science, technology, and communications issues
18 = Foreign trade
19 = International affairs and foreign aid
20 = Governance and government
21 = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues
23 = Culture and media
[/INST]. Answer = [7]. </s>
Some months ago in the municipality of Dúrcal (Granada province, Spain) a mineral water bottling plant, belonging to the company Aguas Minerales de Sierra Nevada, commenced operations. The capacity requested for this plant is 45 litres per second, amounting to 1.4 hm3 perannum in an area suffering from water shortages and at risk of desertification. In this connection, a report drawn up in 2007 by the Spanish Ministry of the Environment predicts that the 21stcentury will see a reduction of as much as 40% in rainfall in the southern half of the Iberian peninsula. This bottling plant is in breach of the conclusions of the UN Convention on Climate Change, since the extraction of the water required for it will worsen the local water shortage and could increase the risks of desertification.  The approval of this project appears to be in breach of Community law in several respects: no environmental impact assessment was carried out under Council Directive97/11/EC(1); there were no studies of the volume and temperature of the water over the twelve months of the application period, despite the requirements of Directive80/777/EEC(2) on bottled water; and there is also a breach of the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC(3)), since the excavations affect the Sierra Nevada nature reserve, which is both a ZEPA and an SCI.  The water bottling plant not only benefits from regional funding but is also being subsidised by the European Investment Bank, which proposes to grant the company Aguas Minerales de Sierra Nevada, S.L. a direct subsidy to the sum of EUR1245756.93 and an interest rate subsidy amounting to EUR152277.55. In addition, the company will receive a loan of EUR2400000.        —  Can the Commission provide information on the nature of the EU aid granted to this water bottling plant?      —  Can the Commission state its position on the approval of this plant, in view of the circumstances described above?       —  What action does the Commission intend to take on the possible breach of Directive97/11/EC on environmental impact assessment? What measures will it take should there prove to be a breach of Directive80/777/EEC and the Habitats Directive?      (1)OJL73, 14.3.1997, p.5.  (2)OJL229, 30.8.1980, p.1.  (3)OJL206, 22.7.1992, p.7.