WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE – ECJ ITALY SPAIN GREECE
October 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has sent final legal warnings to Italy, Greece and Spain threatening legal action at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over not properly complying with the EU water framework directive. Brussels says they have failed to devise administrative blocks based on river basin districts, and provide detailed information on relevant management authorities. A Commission statement said the requirement is especially important where water bodies are shared by different member states, but also to clarify water-management arrangements ...
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