BRITAIN – ECJ CASES
July 1st, 2003
BY ALAN OSBORNBRITAIN is one of a number of EU countries being threatened by the European Commission with actions in the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for non-compliance with EU waste treatment and water laws. The potential legal action over waste management arises from a ruling by the ECJ in 2002 when the UK was condemned for failing to adopt waste management plans that conformed to the EU's framework waste, hazardous waste and packaging waste directives. The Commission says Britain has made "considerable progress" in putting matters right but says that it is ...
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