BRUSSELS PUSHES FOR ECJ FINES ON FRANCE OVER NURSE QUALIFICATIONS
March 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission is formally threatening the French government with huge daily recurring fines of Euro 1,000s for ignoring a European Court of Justice (ECJ) order last June to implement directive EC/2001/19, which removes bureaucratic obstacles preventing non-French European Union (EU) nurses working in France. Brussels has demanded that Paris states how it will comply with the ruling in short order, or it will ask the ECJ to impose the fines, which would accumulate until the court ruling is followed. A Commission statement said: "French ...
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