On Thursday 17 November, the European Commission sent reasoned opinions to Bulgaria, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom, calling on them to fully transpose the directive on the safety of offshore oil and gas operations, which was due to have been transposed into national law by 19 July 2015.
Directive 2013/30/EU lays down a raft of rules aiming to prevent accidents and to react quickly and efficiently to such eventualities. Under these rules, the member states are required to ensure that...