Sunday, March 03, 2013

EU takes Sweden, Greece to court over environment


The European Union announced Thursday it is taking Sweden and Greece to court over repeated failures to live up to bloc-wide laws designed to protect the environment.

Sweden faces daily financial penalties for its inability so far to license major industrial sites, with more than two dozen cases already the subject of European Court of Justice rulings still to be applied.

Greece, meanwhile, is dragged before judges for the non-implementation of existing rulings covering illegal landfills.

See full Article: http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/court-environment.mi4