ECJ SPAIN PIG FARM
September 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE SPANISH government has been censured by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for breaking European Union (EU) laws by failing to control waste from a pig farm, near Vera, the Costa Blanca. The ECJ said that by failing to ensure it did not pollute ground waters, especially with slurry, it broke EU nitrates and wastewater directives.
THE SPANISH government has been censured by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for breaking European Union (EU) laws by failing to control waste from a pig farm, near Vera, the Costa Blanca. The ECJ said that by failing to ensure it did not pollute ground waters, especially with slurry, it broke EU nitrates and wastewater directives.
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