BELGIUM CASE
July 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLPOLITICAL and judicial pressure is being applied to Belgium to ensure it complies with European legislation opposing "tacit approvals" of pollution. Belgian law allows some companies and public organisations to pollute if they apply for permission and receive no reply from regulators. The European Commission says certain legislation, (the groundwater, the dangerous substances, the industrial plants and framework waste directives, requires active approvals for pollution permits, covering land, watercourses and air. It has already secured a ruling ...
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