EU FINDS ITALIAN DRINKING WATER TESTING UNJUST
September 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
ITALY imposes illegal controls on imports of bottled water from other European Union (EU) member states, claims the European Commission, which is threatening legal action at the European Court of Justice (ECJ). The dispute focuses on standard bottled water, neither mineral nor spring water. Italian law, said a Commission communiqué, mandates "more stringent testing procedures than those provided in the EU drinking water directive 98/83/EC" and insists that Italian tests are made, even if the water has been proven to meet EU standards ...
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