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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10791

22 February 2013
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) environment
Greece could be heavily fined for illegal landfills

Brussels, 21/02/2013 (Agence Europe) - Greece is being referred back to the European Court of Justice and may have to face exorbitant fines for not having carried out a 2005 Court ruling to close down or rehabilitate illegal landfills, the European Commission announced on Thursday 21 February.

Having failed to comply with EU law (Directive 99/31/EC on the dumping of waste and the framework directive on waste), the Greek authorities face a fine of €71,193 for each day after the second...

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