It is possible to impose a proportionate fine on a landowner on the grounds that he is presumed responsible, together with the user of the land, for environmental damages, according to the European Court of Justice in a ruling delivered on Thursday 13 July (C-129/16).
In 2014, the Hungarian authorities pointed out that municipal waste had been illegally incinerated on land owned by the Túrkevei Tejtermelő Kft. (TTK) company. The latter, however, provided the address of a third party that...