GREECE WATER – ECJ
June 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE GREEK government has been censured by the European Court of Justice for not properly installing an urban waste water collecting system for the Thriasio Pedio area, near Athens. The court found in this way and by subjecting this water to mere secondary treatment before it is discharged into the neighbouring and environmentally sensitive Gulf of Elefsina, Greece has broken the 1991 urban waste-water treatment directive. The Commission has pressed the Greek government to make improvements since 2000 and although improvement plans are in train, it ...
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