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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12209

8 March 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 37
BREACHES OF EU LAW / Environment
Greece threatened with financial sanctions for water pollution by agricultural nitrates
Brussels, 07/03/2019 (Agence Europe)

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...

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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EXTERNAL ACTION
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COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
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BREACHES OF EU LAW
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