ECJ GERMANY WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE LANDER
January 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
GERMANY has been officially condemned by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for failing to ensure the timely implementation of the key EU water framework directive 2000/60/EC by important regions within its federal system. Judges ruled Germany had "failed to meet its obligations" under the law, and told it to pay the costs of a case brought by the European Commission. The ruling effectively means that the water framework directive, which imposes a series of anti-pollution policies on EU member states, must be introduced in all German ...
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