The Government of Navarra dismisses the Director of Circular Economy and Innovation

The Government of Navarra has dismissed Francisco Javier Larrañeta Nido as director of the Circular Economy and Innovation Service of the Directorate General for the Environment, attached to the Department of Rural Development and Environment. The dismissal is established by Foral Decree 67/2026, of October 21, effective as of that same day, and is published in the Official Gazette of Navarra (BON) number 227, of Friday, November 13, 2026, in section 1.2.1 “Dismissals, appointments and other situations,” page 40057. The decree expresses gratitude to the dismissed official for the services rendered.

Legal basis and competent body

The decree is based on article 36.1 of Foral Law 11/2019, of March 11, on the Administration of the Foral Community of Navarra and the Foral Institutional Public Sector, which grants the Government of Navarra the power of free appointment and dismissal of the heads of service directorates, by means of a foral decree and upon the proposal of the competent department. The regulation adds that these positions are filled by free designation among civil service personnel belonging to or attached to the Foral Public Administration.

The specific processing of the dismissal is detailed in the text itself:

• It was agreed upon the proposal of the counselor for Rural Development and Environment, José María Ayerdi Fernández de Barrena.
• It was adopted in accordance with the decision of the Government of Navarra in the session held on October 21, 2026.
• It was signed in Pamplona on October 21, 2026, by the president of the Government of Navarra, María Chivite Navascués, and by the counselor of the department.
• It is effective from October 21, 2026, the date of the foral Executive’s session.

Notifications and official publicity

The decree orders three procedural actions: notifying the interested party of the dismissal, forwarding it to the Technical General Secretariat of the Department of Rural Development and Environment and to the Directorate General for the Civil Service, and publishing it in the Official Gazette of Navarra for general knowledge. The text includes no reference to the appointment of a substitute or to a person assuming the interim direction of the service.

The publication arrives nearly three weeks after the date of the agreement and the effects of the dismissal: the decree is dated October 21, but does not appear in the BON until issue number 227 on November 13, 2026.

A key position in foral environmental policy

The Circular Economy and Innovation Service is the unit that, within the General Directorate of the Environment, processes and signs a large part of the environmental regulatory production of the Foral Community. Its head is responsible, among other actions, for the unified environmental authorization resolutions and substantial modification resolutions of activities with environmental impact, environmental reports for projects, and procedures linked to the emissions registry and waste management.

This is stated in the bulletin itself: Larrañeta Nido appears as the signatory of resolutions of this type published throughout 2026, including those notified in BON number 160, of August 14, BON number 211, of October 22 (resolution signed on October 13), and BON number 213, of October 26 (resolution signed on October 5). This production is processed from the headquarters of the General Directorate of the Environment at calle González Tablas, 9, in Pamplona, an address that appears as the consultation point for annexes in the service’s resolutions.

The same issue number 227 of the BON reflects the ordinary activity of the area: alongside the cessation, several resolutions from the Director General of the Environment are published, formulating environmental impact and strategic environmental reports for projects in Cizur, Cendea de Olza, Sangüesa, Miranda de Arga, Fontellas, and Artajona, in addition to a report on a non-hazardous waste management facility.

The cessation affects a service director position of free appointment, a role that foral regulations reserve for civil service personnel and which is revoked by decision of the Executive without the need for justification in the decree. For operators subject to unified environmental authorization, the change in the head of the service is important because the instruction and signing of ongoing environmental files and the handling of procedures following the commissioning of facilities depend on that unit.

Source: Official Gazette of Navarra, number 227, of November 13, 2026, section 1.2.1 “Cessations, appointments and other situations”, page 40057 (official reference: Foral Decree 67/2026, of October 21).