BRUSSELS CRACKS DOWN ON WATER LEGISLATION LAWBREAKERS

BY KEITH NUTHALL THE EUROPEAN Commission is taking legal action against three European Union (EU) countries over alleged breaches of EU water legislation. It will ask the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to impose potentially massive daily recurring fines of Euro 1,000s against Greece for breaking the EU urban waste water directive. Brussels alleges Athens has illegally failed to install required infrastructure for collecting and treating waste water in 12 towns and cities, despite having already been condemned for its inaction by the ECJ. The fines would rack up ...


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