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NationalMattersUEPC Member Federations regularly request supportfor defending their interests at the EU Community ornational level.Ireland reported on a case in Irishtowns and villages ofdiscriminatory sales restrictionsthat are contrary to the principlesof human rights and of free circulationacross the European Union and that should bedenounced before the European Court of Human Rightsand the European Court of Justice.France commented on thebinding right to housing whichallows homeless or poorly housedpeople to turn to courts.Sale of property to be constructed (Vente d’immeublesà construire): on 7 June 2007 in Paris at the Palais duLuxembourg, UEPC took part in a colloquium organisedby the French federation Fédération des promoteursconstructeurs de France on the occasion of the 40thanniversary of the law with regard to sale of propertyto be constructed (loi relative à la vente d’immeubles àconstruire dite « vente sur plan »).In the Netherlands, developersand house builders must copewith very severe air pollutionthresholds beyond which nogreen-field activity is allowed.Moreover, the Dutch federation requested assistancewith the national implementation of the Surface WaterDirective.The Spanish federation reportedon problems with the costsborne by real estate developers tocover the infrastructure neededto connect housing units to theelectricity grid. A questionnaire was circulated to gatherinformation on this subject in other EU Member Statesand to help the APCE in its negotiations with the Spanishauthorities.33In Turkey a special system is inforce for performing technicalinspections on buildings.The Turkish federation drafted a questionnaire to learnhow this is dealt with in other countries.In the United Kingdom, developersand house builders havereported problems with the applicationof the Natura 2000directive in special areas, especiallyin the Thames basin. In theFlemish region (Belgium), developersare experiencing similardifficulties.