SPAIN – ECJ TANNERY CASE
April 1st, 2003
BY ALAN OSBORNSPAIN is facing legal action at the hands of the European Commission over its failure to respond to a request for information on how it has applied the EU's environmental Impact Assessment Directive with regard to a waste-water treatment plant serving tanneries at Lorca in Murcia. Spain has two months to come up with the information before receiving final warning that it is in breach of EU law, the last step before action is taken at the European Court of Justice.Lorca is the site of a number of tanneries which have traditionally emptied waste water ...
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