As part of the avalanche of infringement procedures falling on Thursday 17 November, Croatia and France have been summoned by way of reasoned opinion (second stage of the proceedings) to comply with EU law on waste management. These two member states now have two months to comply, failing which the European Commission may take them to the EU Court of Justice.
France is being requested to adopt waste management plans throughout its territory, as demanded by Directive 2008/98/EC – and not...