GERMANY OMBUDSMAN CAN RECYCLING CRITICISM
June 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL IN an unusual intervention in a legal case involving a European Union (EU) member state, the European Ombudsman has criticised the European Commission for not taking action against a German packaging regulation. Nikiforos Diamandouros has accused the Commission of failing to uphold EU laws (one of its key roles) by not pushing Germany to implement a European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling that it broke EU free trade rules through its former mandatory drinks packaging returns system. The Commission could have asked the court to fine Germany, but ...
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