ECJ CASES
July 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE NETHERLANDS, Ireland and Belgium are facing legal action by the European Commission over their alleged failure to implement a series of utility-related European Union (EU) directives.The announcements come before Brussels' long summer break, when member states are often sent legal notices. The Dutch government has been sent final warning letters requiring action within two months to comply with the 1976 directive on discharges of dangerous substances to water, or maybe face European Court of Justice (ECJ) action. Pollution-reduction programmes ...
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