The European Commission announced on Thursday 25 July that it had sent a letter of formal notice to Germany to comply with a judgment by the Court of Justice of the European Union on 21 June 2018 condemning it for polluting its water with nitrates of agricultural origin, in breach of Directive 91/676/EEC(see EUROPE B12047A26).
This 1991 Directive requires Member States to draw up action plans and take measures to reduce water pollution by these nitrates.
In its judgment (C-543/16), the Court...