FRANCE FINE
July 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has hit France with a massive recurring Euro 57 million fine for continually flouting European Union (EU) fishing controls. In only the second fine issued by the court against an EU member state, judges also ordered Paris to pay a one-off Euro 20 million fine. The Euro 57 million (NOTE - it is Euro 57.761 million) penalty will be payable every six months until France complies with a 1991 court order to stop flouting Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) enforcement rules. The European Commission says that despite ...
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