Greece is the subject of a second application to the Court of Justice and this time faces heavy financial sanctions for non-compliance with the requirements of the Directive on the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (91/676/EEC), the European Commission announced on Thursday 7 March.
Four years after a first Court ruling (C-149/14) in April 2015 condemning Greece for failing to designate all vulnerable areas and adopt action plans to prevent...