Brussels, 31/05/2012 (Agence Europe) - Germany is to be sent to the European Court of Justice for persistently failing to comply with the EU Water Directive (Directive 2000/60/EC), announced the European Commission on Thursday 31 May 2012. It says that Germany fails to comply with the duty to recover the costs of all water-related services.
The Commission considers Germany wrongly believes that that the cost recovery rule only applies to drinking water, sewage and sewerage and its...