WASTE FRAMEWORK CASE
July 1st, 2001
BY ALAN OSBORN
BRITAIN has been sent a second warning by the European Commission over its failure to comply with the EU's Waste Framework Directive which sets out obligations over the treatment of waste. Brussels is objecting to the scope of exemptions permitted in the UK and to inadequate transport controls for Gibraltar and Northern Ireland.
BRITAIN has been sent a second warning by the European Commission over its failure to comply with the EU's Waste Framework Directive which sets out obligations over the treatment of waste. Brussels is objecting to the scope of exemptions permitted in the UK and to inadequate transport controls for Gibraltar and Northern Ireland.
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