GREECE TIP CASE
April 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLA EURO 4.72 million fine should make anyone mend their ways; anyone, it seems, bar the Greek government, which is facing possible further legal action for not cleaning-up the illegal waste dump causing the original punishment. This was at the mouth of the beautiful River Kouroupitos, Crete, and was only closed after Athens paid many Euro 20,000 daily penalties for ignoring a European Court of Justice (ECJ) closure order in 2000. Waste was diverted to another temporary dump, pending the construction of a permanent waste management centre. Both ...
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