INTEGRATED POLLUTION CONTROL
June 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLSIGNIFICANT problems have been detected by a European Commission study into the implementation of the European Union's integrated pollution prevention and control directive in seven EU Member States, with Britain being the only country so far found complying. Germany, France, Finland, Sweden, Austria, Denmark and the Netherlands - most countries with known for high environmental standards - have either "major suspected or confirmed shortcomings in the legislation" according to the Commission. The 1996 directive aims to fight pollution from ...
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