IRELAND – ECJ
July 1st, 2001
KEITH NUTHALLTHE IRISH government could be ordered to be massive daily recurring fines, because of its failure to implement EU directive 1999/47/EC on transport of dangerous goods by road, which sets safety rules for this kind of haulage work.Ireland has already been censured by the European Court of Justice for not writing its contents into national Irish legislation and now the European Commission has asked the European Court of Justice to consider using exceptional powers to levy fines.Resulting charges are steep; they can reach Euro 100,000-a-day until a ...
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