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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10383
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/environment

Pursuit of infringement proceedings

Brussels, 20/05/2011 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission decided on Thursday 19 May to move to the next stage in infringement proceedings against a number of member states, which, despite calls to fall into line, continue not to comply with the provisions of EU environment legislation.

France will be taken to court (the third stage in the procedure) for failing to comply with EU air quality limit values for airborne particles known as PM10, as set out in Directive 2008/50/EC. Since...

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