According to the Law regulating Mountainous Areas passed by the Catalan Parliament (211983 dated 9th March), the Regional Mountain Plan (Pla Comarcal de Muntanya) is defined as the basic instrument for the development of and policy application in mountainous areas. Consequently, other measures contemplated in the same law are subordinate to the Plan. The mentioned law is to be enforced in nine regions in Northern Catalonia, one of which is the Garrotxa district