FRANCE ECJ
October 1st, 2001
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has told France that it should amend its mining code, or face possible legal action at the European Court of Justice, as it does not allow companies from other EU Member States to secure French licences.A statement from the Commission claimed that the code, as modified by a law of July 1994, "excludes private operators from requesting a permit to mine coal and instead reserves this activity exclusively for the public body Charbonnages de France." Following an initial approach from Brussels, the French government did ...
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