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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10382
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/environment

Ireland risks fine over septic tanks

Brussels, 19/05/2011 (Agence Europe) - A year and a half after a previous EU Court of Justice ruling, Ireland has still not adopted the necessary measures to ensure that septic tanks go through adequate checks and inspections in order to protect human health and the environment. On the recommendation of Environment Commissioner Janez Potoènik, the Commission decided on Thursday 19 May, therefore, to refer Ireland back to the Court and to ask it to impose a lump-sum fine of €2.7 million...

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