Brussels, 26/04/2012 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 26 April, the European Commission referred Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia to the EU Court of Justice for persistently failing to transpose the EU's Waste Framework Directive into national law. They could also find themselves subject to heavy fines. The decision was made the same day, on the recommendation of Environment Commissioner Janez Potocnik.
The Commission has criticised these four member states for not having fully...