AIR POLLUTION – ECJ
July 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission is formally threatening the British government with legal action at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over its alleged failure to properly implement the European Union (EU) directive on the incineration of waste. Brussels says that Britain has only "partially" implemented the legislation, which imposes operational and technical requirements for waste incinerators and co-incineration plants, setting specific emission limits regarding their pollution. The deadline for writing this directive's rules onto the statute book was ...
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