SPAIN GALICIA SHELLFISH WATER POLLUTION ECJ CASE
January 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has censured Spain for failing to keep water standards sufficiently unpolluted in the key mussel production region of Galicia. Judges agreed with the European Commission that Spain should have established a shellfish-focused water pollution prevention plan, under the terms of the European Union's (EU) shellfish water directive (79/923/EEC). Spain will now have to write such a plan, or maybe face large recurring fines, that can reach Euro 100,000's. Importantly, the court dismissed arguments brought by Spain ...
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